Colonialism and in globalization are key to Marx and Ingalls analysis. The essential scare quotes that they put around European civilization raises some questions about just how civilized the European bourgeoisie are. What's this importance they assign to capitalism's inherently globalizing character? Do they indeed see its globalization vis-a-vis European colonialism as a progressive force in world history?
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