V. I. Lenin Collected Works Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1963-1970, Vol. 23 of 45, pp. 55-56 "A Caricature of Marxism and Imperialist Economism" "Economic statistics show that here a larger percentage of the workers become 'straw bosses' than is the case in the oppressed nations, a larger percentage rise to the labour aristocracy. That is a fact. To a certain degree the workers of the oppressor nations are partners of their own bourgeoisie in plundering the workers (and the mass of the population) of the oppressed nations. (2) Politically, the difference is that, compared with the workers of the oppressed nations, they occupy a privileged position in many spheres of political life. (3) Ideologically, the difference is that they are taught, at school and in life, disdain and contempt for the workers of the oppressed nations." [MC5 comments: Credit to Dennis McKinsey for bringing this quote and many others to MIM's attention.]