Take up the White Man's burden– Send forth the best ye breed–
Go bind your sons to exile
To serve your captives' need;
To wait in heavy harness,
On fluttered folk and wild–
Your new-caught, sullen peoples,
Half-devil and half-child.
—"The White Man's Burden,"
Rudyard Kipling
According to this stanza, what is the purpose of imperialism?
to benefit colonial peoples
to benefit the most talented Europeans
to spread industrialization
to spread native cultures

The correct answer is to benefit colonial peoples

Explanation:

To benefit colonial is the right answer because Kipling was someone who proclaimed the idea that European colonial powers are taking on their back the obligation to illuminate Native people of the colonies. They are actually sacrificing according to Kipling, so they could help them evolve.

That is why other options are false.

Europeans have no benefit. They are "helping."

answer: ensure protection from communism

explanation:

the north atlantic treaty was largely dormant until the korean war initiated the establishment of nato to implement it, by means of an integrated military structure: this included the formation of supreme headquarters allied powers europe in 1951, which adopted the western union's military structures and plans.