I understand how the free trade policies lead to monopoly, and I understand how financial monopolies take over industrial monopolies. But I don't really get the jump from monopolies to imperialism.

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    4 years ago

    Capital that does not expand gets bought up by capital that does. For example, wrestling was a regional thing in the 20th century. There was no massive brand and televised bouts between dudes in underwear prior to the WWE's rise to the top.

    Wrestling promotions that did not expand like the WWE got bought up by them or pushed out by their overwhelming growth. If you wanted to see two top fighters in their promos fight like it was Batman vs Superman, you might never get the chance to. It was rare to cross promos, yet when the McMahon's stepped in you get Superman vs Batman every fuckin week.

    I'm sure you see where this is going. In order to make more profits, the McMahon's ate all the wrestling promos they could. When that money ran out, they went worldwide to do shows wherever they can like Saudi Arabia. When that started to run out too they had to take their stars' side money and make them do more shit in their free time to feed the corporate beast.

    Google Paige WWE Twitch and you'll get what I mean.