I want to know the causes behind imperialism, why some countries back it while others detested it....and offcouse I would gladly appreciate your own personal veiws on it...
2006-11-17 21:06:13 · 4 answers · asked by rkc 3 in Social Science ➔ Sociology
The resources of the world belong to those with the most ability to develop them, not to those whose ancestors happened to wander into the territory. Ability to develop and ability to defend go hand in hand, so all claims to ownership must be challenged in order to match the best minds with the richest potential resources.
Imperialism is democratic because otherwise talented people will be stuck in exhausted or infertile lands. Lazy and untalented natives have no right to hoard resources they can't develop, nor do they even have royalty rights when they bring in other people to develop them and freeload off the talent of foreigners.
2006-11-18 02:45:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Imperialism is the highest stage of capitalism according to those of us following Lenin and his book by the title of "Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism."
Imperialism is characterized by monopoly corporations and the compulsion to export capital abroad (for higher profits). Unlike capitalism in earlier stages, in the imperialist stage, capitalism has no more progress to bring the world, only the continuous threat of extinction through world war and environmental catastrophe.
Historically, the term before Lenin often referred to colonialism (the direct rule of other countries by a mother country) or conquest of other countries. Lenin also meant for the term to continue that connotation. According to Lenin, the countries with the highest stage of capitalism (imperialist countries of Europe and North America) would periodically re-divide the world through world war. World War today is only the political extension of the economics of competition inherent within capitalism.
An imperialist is a member of the ruling class in a society with the highest stage of capitalism. Through their control of the means of production either through ownership or power in government, imperialists would not have to work a day in their lives if they did not want to.
"Imperialism" is the word that the petty-bourgeoisie chastises us the most for using. It is grating and unpleasant to the petty-bourgeoisie proud of its country.
Imperialism is the cause of contemporary militarism. It is impossible to understand communists today without understanding the interventions and national conflicts caused by imperialism
2006-11-18 11:08:07 · answer #2 · answered by aadi87 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take a look at our current presidential administration. Imperialism under the guise of a democracy. What causes it? Aggressiveness, ethnocentrism, and a need for resources other countries have.
2006-11-18 10:30:13 · answer #3 · answered by pandora the cat 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Watch star wars the movie you can not get any more imperialistic then that then compare the planets and people in the movie to mondern day countries
2006-11-18 05:16:04 · answer #4 · answered by Logical Leroy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋