What do you think that the cartoon wants to say? use words that you can read in the picture, as well as persons in the picture (both the ones carrying, britain and the usa and the ones that are being carried). when writing, you should refer to the theory of social darwinism. (use the link below the picture is there)

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The White Man's Burden is a poem which narrates the Philippine-American War which exorts the U.S. from assuming the colonial control over the Philippines.

The cartoon illustrates the poem's philosophy and the theme is a rhetorical mandate for the white man to colonizing other races for their same benefit, being their "burden" both the task and the people themselves to colonize. The illustration shows two white men carrying other people over a rocky mountain, who belong to other races, meaning that their race is delivering the coloured peoples to the world of civilization, which represented the path to civilization. They carry the rest of the races from walking to that path to avoid social relations or movements like oppression, barbarism, slavery, ignorance and brutality. Avoiding these will help them to grow as a country.

The theory of Social Darwinism is subtly reflected into this poem and further illustration. This is based on the idea of survival of the fittest conceived as a mechanism of social evolution. So, The White Man's Burden is showing the "natural evolution" not just for an individual but for a country, a social community.

the protestant reformation's started in 1517, disturbing the religious and political order in europe´s catholic countries. the outcome was the european wars of religion prosecuted in europe in the 16th, 17th and part of the 18th century. nonetheless, uprisings, territorial disputes, and great power conflicts were also causes of the wars.  

montesquieu took the view that the roman republic had powers separated so that no one could usurp complete power. in the british constitutional system, montesquieu discerned a separation of powers among the monarch, parliament, and the courts of law.