Modern militarism is the result of capitalism. In both its forms it is the “vital expression” of capitalism — as a military force used by the capital… - Vladimir Lenin

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Modern militarism is the result of capitalism. In both its forms it is the “vital expression” of capitalism — as a military force used by the capitalist states in their external conflicts and as a weapon in the hands of the ruling classes for suppressing every kind of movement, economic and political, of the proletariat.