What connection is there between capitalism and imperialism?

Capitalists love money, and their disease is that they must always have more money. In order to make money, capitalists need factors of production (raw materials, land, labor) to make their products and markets from which to squeeze the money out. read more

There is no connection. Capitalism is a purely economic system. Imperialism has everything to do with politics and political systems. read more

Relationship with capitalism. There is a relationship between imperialism and capitalism in the sense that imperialism serves the political interests of the capitalists. To Vladimir Lenin, imperialism is the natural extension of capitalism. read more