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Highlights
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Once imperialism just meant national capitalisms using the military power of their national states; now we have a system of national states, under the leadership of the United States, overseeing an international capitalist economy.
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there’s no such thing as a progressive national bourgeoisie. Of course, national capitals can be coerced into providing growth, which is the raw material of social, material, and cultural progress for any government trying to administer a capitalist state in the interests of workers. State policies can be used to shape development and achieve egalitarian objectives, profits can be taxed and transferred, and so on.
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the idea that there is a core of loyal capitalists willing to stand up for national interests against international imperialism is a myth. From tiny Grenada to Chile, all capitalists want a government that will govern unapologetically in their interests — and would prefer the intervention of foreign powers over the democratic constraints of their compatriots.