Global capitalism and imperialismThe defence of imperial history is not simply about sanitising or whitewashing past crimes. (4)For Marxists, imperialism is a systemic outgrowth of global capitalism and goes beyond military occupations and direct colonisation, or the bullying of weaker states by stronger ones. This supremacy ensured the establishment of a world capitalist order based on free competition and free trade. The economies of the colonies would be geared towards furnishing the advanced capitalist countries with the raw materials to produce their manufactured goods. Capitalist imperialist rule will lead to more wars (proxy or otherwise), environmental destruction and the immiseration of the mass of humanity.

Source: The Times August 11, 2022 13:53 UTC