ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
Lenin dubbed imperialism to be the highest stage of capitalism. (I
interpret stage as referring to a specific type of social system
associated with capitalist imperialism.) Unfortunately for him, there
have two or three stages of capitalism -- and one or two stages of
capitalist
Title: re: To JD vis-a-vis stages of imperialism.
I wrote:Lenin dubbed imperialism to be the highest stage of capitalism. (I interpret stage as referring to a specific type of social system associated with capitalist imperialism.) Unfortunately for him, there have two or three stages
It seems to me that very different types of stages are being mixed up in
this discussion so far.
Capitalism/imperialism can be divided into stages or periods in any number of
ways. ONE very important and very basic way to do it is Lenin's way:
Stage 1) Highly competitive, pre-monopoly
