#+title: Kautsky was right about imperialism in the long term
- tags :: [[file:20200607220252-imperialism.org][imperialism]] [[file:capitalism.org][capitalism]] [[file:20200706092541-karl_kautsky.org][Karl Kautsky]] [[file:20200706092621-vladimir_lenin.org][Vladimir Lenin]]

Kautsky believed that imperialism would gradually move to a period where
imperialist powers would exploit the third world collectively rather than
competitively and individually. This is why Lenin called his book on imperialism
"the highest stage of capitalism", because he rejected the idea that capitalism
would move into a new era of imperialism. History shows that Kautsky was
correct, though.