What was the intellectual, social, and philosophical basis for how the Europeans justified their actions towards the so-called native peoples in Asia and elsewhere?

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Europeans used the pseudo-scientific application of Darwin's "survival of the fittest" concept regarding other races to justify their actions towards native peoples in Asia and elsewhere. This belief in the superiority of the European race and their right to dominate other races was a widespread and deeply ingrained cultural attitude which helped to rationalize their imperialistic actions.

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