[Marxism] Answers to two questions re Colombia

[Ruthless Critic of All that Exists]

On Feb 7, 2008 9:38 PM, Anthony Boynton <northbogota at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Is Colombia an imperialist country?
>
> In brief, my definition of an imperialist country is
> one which dominates another country or other countries
> economically and/or militarily. This was also Lenin's
> view and the views of most other Marxists.

I don't think this question can be answered in absolute terms. It can
only be answered in relative terms.

For example, consider India:  the US is an imperialist country towards
the India, but India is also an imperialist country towards the
smaller/weaker countries  (or annexed former countries) around it
(e.g. Bhutan, Sikkim, etc.)

I agree that investment has little to do with this, these days. The
bourgoisie of every country, more or less, has money to invest in
other countries, nowadays.

This has more to do with military heft.