As lucid an explanation for how capitalism and imperialism mesh as I've ever seen. Certainly the funniest.

You Are A Cog.: Economics, Part Two:

"Tangentially related to Capitalism is Imperialism. They are not the same thing.

Imperialism is sitting on the bar stool right next to Capitalism. Imperialism is the bad-shot-friend. You know, when you're drinking beers and then someone says, 'Let's do shots!' And then the night gets hazy and you have to piece together the full course of events from the fragments of other people's stories, what your clothes smell like and the leftover contents of your pockets. Imperialism has its own ideas on how things should work that make sense to Capitalism - after a few shots. Inebriated by its own success, Capitalism says, 'Yeah man, that's so fucking right. You're so fucking right!' And so it goes."