The Highest Stage

by Red Terror

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1.
Intro 03:29
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2.
Concentration of Production 05:05
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3.
Berlin Conference 1884 03:56
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As the prophet of our emancipation shuts his eyes in eternal slumber So does the oppressor’s lust grow ever insatiable Nations enslaved once thought of as hindrance Now form the basis of a new economic order No more can the spoils reaped from their own satisfy their hunger Now only conquest can fill the belly of the beast The pallid despots set their sights southward United under the dogma that conquest will satisfy the machine Subjugation of foreign land now serves as a lifeline to the decaying order The colony now becomes the foundation in which the system rests Africa! divided, dismembered, enslaved Lands picked apart by foreign invaders Ravenous lust for labor, resource, and death Genocides in the name of production Rhodes, Bismarck, Leopold, Crispi, Ferry Curse their names! Borne out of crises inevitable under the laws of contradiction Overproduction gives way to a new era of global subjugation A new era of world dominance is ushered in A new stage of economic development arises Beginning with the usurpation of the African continent Soon to sweep the entire world The highest stage of capitalism
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Consolidation of Finance Capital 05:22
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5.
No More Worlds Left to Conquer 04:56
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In the three decades since the dawn of imperialism All corners of the earth have now fallen to the hegemons Even still the gluttony of empire ceases to be quenched The only way to appease the voracity is to now turn their guns upon each other War! Unlike any seen before Unparalleled death and destruction ripples across Europe Then spreads upon the globe like wildfire An entire generation lost to the battlefield Martyrs to the machine An unyielding appetite for bloodshed A flame that cannot be doused no matter how much blood spilled A war to end all wars Will only be the first Of inter-imperialist conflict to come Until a new consciousness is born out of the terror Thus is the nature of imperialism When there are no worlds left to conquer The empires have no choice but to turn upon each other The only hope is the destruction of the machine itself
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Export of Capital into Foreign Lands 05:20
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7.
Three Demands of The People 04:12
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Out of the slaughter comes a new consciousness As the rulers of society wrought death upon the world And those subjugated to their dictatorship are sent to fight their wars To the east the people stand with three demands Peace! An end to the violence inflicted upon the people due to inter-imperialist squabbling Land! So no more should the instruments of production be in the hands of the war mongers And bread! So that no man, woman, nor child should go hungry again These demands serve as a cry of revolution As the masses unshackle themselves from the ironclad rule of class dictatorship Born out of the ashes of the first great inter-imperialist war Comes forth a new revolutionary vanguard Peace to be achieved at the massacre of the tyrants whose interests alone the war serves Land to be expropriated from the owners who’s lust for power could not be contained Bread made from wheat reaped in harvest upon lands were men once killed each other for someone else’s profit Out of the ashes of the first great war would rise a revolutionary force That upon the second would put down the era of inter imperialist conflict like a mad dog Dividing the world into two camps One which carries the banner of revolution, and one which seeks to uphold the imperialist order The people demand Peace, Land, and Bread for all nations
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International Monopolies 05:08
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9.
Global Class War 07:10
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As the era of inter imperialist strife comes to a conclusion To the tune of millions dead Martyrs of revolutionary struggle in the defeat of fascist aggression The Imperialists set aside their quarrels to defeat a common enemy An existential threat to the imperialist order looms like a specter One whose hands reach into the furthest reaches of the earth Begin a new dawn of struggle! Winds of revolution sweep from Havana to Hanoi Torrential gusts of revolutionary consciousness echo from Beijing to Belgrade All across the world the people free themselves from the shackles of colonialism Arm themselves with the revolutionary idea Begin the era of global class struggle One by one nation after nation takes up arms against the tyrant in solidarity, in struggle, in revolution Behead the colossus, strike upon the boot who treads upon your nation Brandish the spear of revolution Cast upon malice, the scorn upon those who enslave you Besiege their empires, let the winds of revolution lift your voices to the heavens
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Territorial Division 05:36
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11.
End of History 05:42
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Succumb to barbarism As a new dawn of imperialist hegemony looms Shackles of red white and blue bind the world Revision gives way to liberalism Comrades become sloth in their duties Reaction takes hold The spear tip has been dulled Our weapon of class war benign A new global monopoly Wolfowitz doctrine Pax americana Era of great counter revolution Yet still hope for a brighter future remains Yet still a better world is possible Yet still a better future looms Yet still the contradictions continue to sharpen For the tyrant is his own grave digger All nations shall come together to fill in the soil For this is the highest stage

about

Imperialism is not a series of policies to be enacted on a whim. Imperialism is a stage of economic development that is reached when overproduction crises become so acute that the ruling class of a capitalist country have no choice but to expand their economic rule upon other nations by force, lest the system succumbs to its own contradictions. This epoch is defined by a loss in the ability to continue the maximization of profit off one's own citizens. It is characterized by a tight concentration of productive forces and the consolidation of banks and industry into finance capital. When this stage of development is realized, international monopolies are formed, capital is exported abroad by force, and foreign lands are carved up between empires. Imperialism is both the highest stage of bourgeoisie dictatorship and the cornerstone in which all empires rest.

The most advanced capitalist countries reached this stage of development in the early 1880s with more lesser empires following suit in the decades to come. Within 30 years of global imperialism at the hands of the European and North American powers almost every corner of the earth had been divided, colonized, and privatized. There is no satisfying the lust for power of an imperialist ruling class. The need for constant economic expansion now necessitates that empires have no choice but to turn their guns on each other.

In the early 1900s the world saw not one but two massive inter-imperialist wars that left millions of people dead or displaced across the entire world. The imperialist's appetite for war left unparalleled suffering in its wake. Yet out of the slaughter would arise hope for a brighter future, free from the tyranny of the imperialist ruling class. A spark of revolution in the Russian Empire would set the world alight with a magnificent blaze of global class war.

All across the world nations stood up against imperialism and colonialism. Countless martyrs laid down their lives across the global south to fight for a more equitable and just society. Yet, united by the threat posed by revolution, the imperialist powers sweared themselves under the leadership of the strongest among them, and set out on a path to destroy revolutionary movements across the world. After decades of struggle the era of global class war had been meticulously dismantled. An era of global counter revolution ushered in as the American ruling class claimed sole hegemony over the entire world. Mercilessly butchering anyone who dared stand in defiance of its rule.

However, the wheel of history continues to turn, the contradictions continue to sharpen, and the people continue to fight for what is rightfully theirs.

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released January 1, 2023

Rae - noise, vocals, mixing, mastering, cover art
Zach - production assistant

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