I’ve briefly read about the definition of imperialism according to Lenin but I’m still a bit fuzzy on the difference between them.

edit: thanks to everyone who replied, your answers were helpful and informative.

  • 201dberg@lemmygrad.ml
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    2 years ago

    Imagine how the US (British) “Colonized” central America from the Native Americans vs how they “imperialize” South America and the middle east. One sets up colonies, takes the land and resources and displaces the local populace as they expand their own people. The other doesn’t really care about settling the area or moving people there. It’s just about stealing labor and resources from the local inhabitants.

    At least this is how I had understood it. I could be mistaken.

    • meow@lemmygrad.mlOP
      2·
      2 years ago

      Yes that’s a good way to put it. I was more familiar with colonialism than the marxist definition of imperialism because I come from a previously colonized country (presently part of the imperial periphery) and learned about that history.