[BEST OF] Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism (Upstream)
ORIGINALLY RELEASED Jan 2, 2025
Capitalism, imperialism, monopoly—far from being separate concepts that just happen to take shape parallel to one another or to overlap from time to time, these terms all really refer to the exact same overall process. We call it capitalism because it's not always practical to call it "monopoly capitalism in its imperialist stage" or something like that, but really, capitalism is, as we'll see, inevitably monopolistic and imperialist.
The process of capitalism's historical evolution from its so-called, and somewhat fabricated stage of free-enterprise to…
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