“THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THE DEVELOPMENT IS GOING IN THE DIRECTION OF A SINGLE WORLD TRUST WHICH WILL SWALLOW UP ALL ENTERPRISES AND ALL STATES WITHOUT EXCEPTION. BUT THE DEVELOPMENT IN THIS DIRECTION IS PROCEEDING UNDER SUCH STRESS, WITH SUCH A TEMPO, WITH SUCH CONTRADICTIONS, CONFLICTS AND CONVULSIONS NOT ONLY ECONOMICAL, BUT POLITICAL NATIONAL, ETC. ETC — THAT BEFORE A SINGLE WORLD TRUST WILL BE REACHED, BEFORE THE RESPECTIVE FINANCIAL NATIONAL CAPITALS WILL HAVE FORMED A “WORLD UNION” OF ULTRA IMPERIALISM, IMPERIALISM WILL EXPLODE AND CAPITALISM WILL TURN INTO ITS OPPOSITE.

(V. I. LENIN, INTRODUCTION TO IMPERIALISM AND WORLD ECONOMY BY N, BUKHARIN, MARTIN LAWRENCE, LONDON, PRINTED IN THE US, RUSSIAN EDITION, NOVEMBER 1917)