Re: [Marxism] Imperialism

["Joaquin Bustelo" <jbustelo@xxxxxxxxx>]

Angelus Novus writes: 

But my main point with regard to the term "imperialism", is that it is never
clear to me what individual speakers mean when they use the term. Either it
is intended in the sense used by Lenin, in which case it entails accepting a
whole body of assertions whose truth is questionable ("monopoly capitalism",
colonies as spaces for exporting capital, the bribery of the proletariat in
the first world, the melting together of financial and industrial capital),
or imperialism is simply an inflated, moralistic synonym for capitalist
statecraft, an intellectual sounding way of stating that capitalist-nation
states attempt to extend their power and influence, sometimes by military
force. 

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Oh what a load of verbiage, all to the effect of trying to cover up the sun
with one finger.

Imperialism is the system. It is not simply "an inflated, moralistic synonym
for capitalist statecraft" it is the system through which a handful of
countries , mainly in Europe, the U.S. and Japan dominate, loot and rape the
rest of the world. 

Trying to dissolve this REALITY into meaningless abstractions like
"capitalist statecraft" is simply a way of covering up who the criminals
are, and who the victims are.

Joaquin


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