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The statue of arch-imperialist Cecil Rhodes at Oxford which has been subject to a campaign for its remova
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IMPERIALISM is the rule of one state (or rather its ruling class) over another territory and its population, exercised by military force or political and economic domination.
And it’s alive and well, though it has changed its spots a bit since Marx’s day.
Pre-capitalist empires have a long history, from well before imperial Rome to the feudal Mongol empire — an all-time second only to the British empire in extent but based on plunder and tribute.
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