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Lenin's Definition of Imperialism and its Connection to Capitalism and Colonialism
Lenin defines imperialism as the monopoly stage of capitalism, involving the merging of finance capital with the capital of industrial monopolists. He also ties imperialism to the transition from regular colonialism to monopolist possession of the world, which has been completely divided up. Thus, imperialism, capitalism, and colonialism are interconnected as different faces of the same unified process or phenomenon.