It's true that Lenin saw the export of capital as a central aspect of imperialism. A weakness of his analysis is not theoretical, but empirical - the lion's share of European capital invested overseas went, of course to where profit rates were highest, namely to the United States, not to colonized countries. The railroads, steel industry and more were financed by foreign capital, leading to the US becoming the leading industrial power by World War One.
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