Rudyard Kipling, in his poem "The White Man's Burden," presented numerous assumptions that European culture was superior to any other culture. His agenda was to encourage the United States to take control of the Philippines and other countries, and assimilate the 'savages' by civilizing and educating them. Kipling believed that imperialism was not only about obtaining power but also about helping the poverty-stricken people worldwide. He referred to this responsibility of educating and civilizing the natives as the "white man's burden."

Kipling embraced the theory of natural selection created by Charles Darwin, which convinced him that only those who adapt to their environment can survive, and the weak eventually perish. According to Kipling, the native people were weak because they were intellectually and morally inferior. Social Darwinism justified the atrocious acts of imperialism, racism, and social inequality because the Europeans considered themselves superior to the people in foreign lands.

The assumption of the European society being the most progressive and culturally dominant caused a lot of countries to resist because they viewed their culture as unique and valued. Social Darwinism was used to justify imperialism, eugenics, and racism, making it an erroneous theory. The belief that European countries have a duty to control and manage countries with meager finances, education, or technology led to strong protests and rebellions. This mindset led to more violence, deaths, and injuries as it antagonized the native people.

Kipling's ideology on imperialism and the "white man's burden" was flawed. It was a justification for imperialism, which misled people into believing that it was an act of kindness. The idea of natural selection is not fit to explain human behavior since it is unable to explain the arrival of the fittest, and it makes unwarranted assumptions about people. This theory will only result in many issues and exacerbate the problem of social inequality.