One thing that that apologists for non-western imperialism will keep spouting is that a country like Russia is not really imperialist because it's not controlled by finance capitalism and thus has not reached the highest stage of capitalism.

Going against this revisionism is something that gets you permanently banned on the main sub.

However Lenin never said that Imperialism is exclusive to the final stage of capitalism or capitalism itself.

If you read the book (which i recommend, it's just 95 pages) you can easily conclude that this is revisionism but if you're lazy i recommend scrolling to the second paragraph of page 62

Colonial policy and imperialism existed before the latest stage of capitalism, and even

before capitalism. Rome, founded on slavery, pursued a colonial policy and practised imperialism.

Stupidpol's definition has never even made sense to me, no one has ever argued that the third reich wasn't imperialist despite it's dislike for finance capitalism so why are people so obsessed with saying that Russia isn't?

If you intend to save this post so you can find the link later, don't because once the mods are alerted it will be removed for wrecking. Just read the book.