Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism

· Penguin UK
4.5
21 reviews
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Vladimir Lenin created this hugely significant Marxist text to explain fully the inevitable flaws and destructive power of Capitalism: that it would lead unavoidably to imperialism, monopolies and colonialism. He prophesied that those third world countries used merely as capitalist labour would have no choice but to join the Communist revolution in Russia.

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4.5
21 reviews
Tim Doherty
December 1, 2018
Despite being a renowned communist, Lenin makes a lot of sense in this book. It is a critique of pre-1918 society, detailing the damaging effects of monopolies and the unethical exploitation by colonialist forces, which today aren't very controversial at all. The conclusion that these issues can only be fixed by a communist state is clearly wrong, yet apart from that this book is pretty solid in it's reasoning. Would definitely recommend to anyone looking to get a better view of what life was like during the colonial era, or to anyone interested in economics, monopolies and market failure. 7/10
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Dan Fox
September 7, 2023
The author says enough: Trash
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Daniel Price
June 13, 2022
Lenin is always a fantastic read!
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Vladimir Lenin was born in 1870 and was one of the most influential figures of the 20th century. He became a revolutionary, a communist politician, the principal leader of the October Revolution, the first head of the Russian Soviet Socialist Republic and, from 1922, the first de facto leader of the Soviet Union. He wrote Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism while in exile in Switzerland during the First World War.

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