V. I. Lenin
Collected Works
Moscow: Progress Publishers,  1963-1970, Vol. 28 of 45, p. 433

"Letter to Workers of Europe and America" 1919

"...in all the civilized, advanced countries the bourgeoisie rob--either
by colonial oppression or by financially extracting 'gain' from formally
independent weak countries--they rob a population many times larger than
that of 'their own' country.  This is the economic factor that enables
the imperialist bourgeoisie to obtain superprofits, part of which is
used to bribe the top section of the proletariat and convert it into a
reformist, opportunist petty bourgeoisie that fears revolution."

[MC5 comments: Credit to Dennis McKinsey for bringing this quote and
many others to MIM's attention.]