the ipc is an example of cosmic imperialistic capitalism.
In this section, I will talk about how the IPC is an example of Lenin’s Imperialistic Capitalist system to the point that its imperialism has gone cosmic.
The concentration of production and capital has developed to such a high stage that it has created monopolies which play a decisive role in economic life.
In the earliest stage of capitalism, there was free competition, where businesses or enterprises would compete with one another in terms of producing a product (let’s say steel). This was the “natural law”, but eventually, multiple businesses decided to “merge” together to get rid of competition through agreements. These agreements eventually led them to become big enterprises; they destroyed businesses who don’t want to merge with them, removing competition and replacing it with domination. The big enterprise of steel eventually started leading and controlling the production of steel.
We can describe the IPC as a small logistical unit in the past that was only transporting materials, as mentioned above. But it’s safe to say that they can’t be the only group that would transport materials to those who need them. After all, free competition is natural.
The IPC doesn’t just dominate ONE industry. They dominated all industries imaginable to the point that their capitalism eventually led to it becoming a monopoly.
This description just shows how they dominate the capitalist system itself. They are the ones controlling every economic life in different galaxies.
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The merging of bank capital with industrial capital, and the creation, on the basis of this “finance capital”, of a financial oligarchy.
The monopolistic capitalist enterprises eventually became so powerful that once they started controlling all industries, they eventually controlled the banks too. This leads to a financial oligarchy where very few people can shape the economy and politics. The well-accepted currency in the universe is the credits, created by the IPC themselves; everything is being relocated within their department.
The export of capital as distinguished from the export of commodities acquires exceptional importance.
As the financial oligarchy took over, there was one problem: there’s a surplus of capital. They have way too much money to deal with. What do they do then? These businesses export their capital to poorer nations/planets as a form of loan. We can see this in the history of Belobog where the IPC provided funds for the Architects to protect themselves against the Antimatter Legion. Then Topaz came to collect the unsettled debt, which grew over time due to interest.
When it comes to capitalism, it doesn’t matter how a country/business exports its capital or products because they’re expanding their influence and securing economic and political advantages. Many of the departments in IPC are created for this. In Belobog, we can see how they tried to control the economy, and in Sigonia-IV, they controlled the politics through Sigonian Sovereignty. Even in galaxies or planets that have been tainted with the Stellaron, they are there. They leave no planet or faction untouched.
The territorial division of the whole world among the biggest capitalist powers is complete.
In capitalism, the biggest capitalist powers have divided the world amongst themselves (ie. one country influences another country, etc.). But when it comes to IPC, which barely has any competition, every other planet and galaxy is now under them; they “own” it or “influence” it in a way.
**Fun fact: the IPC constantly talks of spreading the word of Qlipoth, much like how religions that have colonized and imperialized many countries in the past (cough Spain).
