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The cause of Imperialism, according to Lenin and Hobson is capitalism. Hobson stated that finance could manipulate events in order to gain a profit, that may or may not benefit the nation. The need for imperialism grew as these capitalists needed to defend the investments in other countries, specifically the scramble for Africa. Lenin developed Hobson's ideas into what is called socialism stating that the dividing up of the resources to monopolies from other countries would lead to war as well as an end to capitalism.

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