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How did Social Darwinism lead to expansion?

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By extending their arguments to address entire nations.........

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By extending their arguments to address entire nations, some social Darwinists justified imperialism on the basis that the imperial powers were naturally superior and their control over other nations was in the best interest of human evolution.
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