The great populist-insurgent of 100 years ago, one Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, found time while in cozy Zurich planning his Bolshevik revolution to pen an explanation for why things were “kicking off”, as we say these days: his book was entitled Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism or, in its French translation, the last stage. Were his modern successor (if political opposite) Donald Trump to follow suit in a tweet, he might substitute “globalism” for imperialism, adding “BAD, SICK! BUILD THAT WALL!” Marine Le Pen, France’s far-right presidential candidate, would surely agree.
100年前，伟大的民粹主义造反者弗拉基米尔•伊里奇•乌里扬诺夫（Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov，即列宁）在安逸的苏黎世策划布尔什维克革命时，抽时间写了一本名为《帝国主义是资本主义的最高阶段》(Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism)的小册子，解释为什么革命已“箭在弦上”。如果列宁的现代继任者（虽然政治上对立）唐纳德•特朗普(Donald Trump)在Twitter上进行效法的话，他或许会用“manbetx app苹果 主义”取代帝国主义，再加上“糟糕，恶心！建起这道墙！(BAD, SICK! BUILD THAT WALL!)”法国极右翼总统候选人马琳•勒庞(Marine Le Pen)一定会表示赞同。