V.L. 1916

The epoch of imperialism opens when the expansion of colonialism has covered the globe and no new colonies can be acquired by the great powers except by taking them from each other, and the concentration of capital has grown to a point where finance capital becomes dominant over industrial capital.


(1) the concentration of production and capital has developed to such a high stage that it has created monopolies which play a decisive role in economic life;

(2) the merging of bank capital with industrial capital, and the creation on the basis of this “finance capital”, of a financial oligarchy;

(3) the export of capital as distinguished from the export of commodities acquires exceptional importance;

(4) the formation of international monopoly capitalist associations which share the world among themselves, and

(5) the territorial division of the whole world among the biggest capitalist powers is completed. Imperialism is capitalism at that stage of development at which the dominance of monopolies and finance capital is established; in which the export of capital has acquired pronounced importance; in which the division of the world among the international trusts has begun, in which the division of all territories of the globe among the biggest capitalist powers has been completed.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperialism,_the_Highest_Stage_of_Capitalism

didn't read more of VL than most of the rest of society.

That said I'm thinking more and more about Marx's point that the inherent contradictions would make them self-destruct.

the solutions they provided were just a catastasis catharsis which didn't work either.

Even though its almost 100 years old and antiquated in some ways
it is still should be of interest to historians and students of political science.

you can read :http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/ch09.htm

that failed

We saw the same ones today


Hey! Did you hear about OJ and someone that said
something about Gays at one time, in Virginia?


Those assholes never post on things
that effect, this country, the nation or the world.

Fuck em............ I'm tired of them.

I'm getting this fucking 8 thing defeated in california
at the same time I'm getting high speed rail.

I'm fricking sick of these DUers, that never post
on the war, the tortures of this country and economic injustices
and the shame of Katrina


And then they come out on one fricking issue or a negative Hillary or Bill thread.
I fricking sick of them...... then they go back into their hole

Well, I need to take my SUV to Wal-mart
so I'm not a Bitch.