Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism (Bundled with Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Library)

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This collection has an active table of contents for readers to access each chapter of each of the following books in the library:

1) Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism
2) The April Theses: The Tasks of the Proletariat in the Present Revolution
3) Materialism and Empirio-Criticism
4) The State and Revolution
5) WHAT IS TO BE DONE?

The above works details the complete aspects that Lenin contributed to build the foundation theory based Karl Marx to deliver the first socialistic country Soviets in the world.

Lenin pointed out in the book, Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism, that the merging of banks and industrial cartels gave rise to finance capital, the basis of imperialism and the zenith of capitalism. In pursuing greater profits than the home market can offer, business exports capital, which, in turn, leads to the division of the world, among international, monopolist firms, and to European states colonizing large parts of the world, in support of their businesses. Imperialism, thus, is an advanced stage of capitalism based upon the establishment of monopolies, and upon the exportation of capital, managed with a global financial system, of which colonialism is one feature.

April Theses clearly reveals Lenin’s thoughts of using people through armed revolution to take over the power of a country.

Materialism and Empirio-criticism is a philosophic foundation of Marxism-Leninism. In the later years, Marxism-Leninism became the world view of communist members in socialistic countries copied from Soviets.

The State and Revolution is a theoretical foundation about the nature of a socialistic country and the essential elements of building a socialistic country.

The Vanguard Party concept out of “What Is to Be Done” later became the theoretical foundation of communist party of any socialistic countries to form a structured power organization Central Committee with criteria and rigid process to identify, select, train, and promote party members. The members with the highest loyalty to the party into will be enrolled into the Central Committee. Communist Party in a socialistic country then controls the whole country through the Central Committee.

Lenin’s collected thoughts in the five books had a strong influence on many communist leaders to replicate October Revolution Model through overthrowing a ruling party with an armed revolution.

Many of Lenin's arguments appear familiar for globalization today. However, As British Prime Minister Winston Churchill once said “He (Lenin) alone could have found the way back to the causeway... The Russian people were left floundering in the bog. Their worst misfortune was his birth... their next worst his death.”

Lenin’s solution of building Soviets to address issues of Capitalism is catastrophic to the world. An estimated 70 million people may have died under the soviet regime. The human cost was enormous. Yet despite all this, Lenin’s Soviets was worshipped by millions as a great model by other countries including North Korea today.

History is a mirror for us. Reading the essential books written by Lenin, we can have a second thought on globalization and our future direction. This can help us avoid paying unnecessary human cost we made in the past by socialistic countries including Soviets and China.

This is a must-read collection to understand the essential theory seeded by Lenin and the thoughts of communism and socialism that are different from Adam Smith to Dr. Martin Luther King for American Dream. less

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