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Question: Historical realizations of Marxism and communism are remembered as violent and unprosperous. Communism offers tantalizing peace from the grueling labours of capitalism by means of revolutionary resistance of the working class against the ruling class, but peace is not so easily achieved. Revolution can be polarizing and the amount of lives lost is often far more than expected (Richmond 77-78). Acknowledging the seemingly inherent violence of Marxism can begin to spark questions about whether it really is more peaceful than the status quo. To understand the scope of the issue it is important to recognize that colonialism, imperialism, and capitalism are all closely linked. The structure of the global economy as it exists today relies on the exploitation of developing countries for the benefit of, often predominantly white, developed countries (Richmond 78). It is widely accepted that colonialism was and continues to be a violent force, but the same is true for capitalism in many rights. Galtung's four components of dominance that he ascribes to colonialism can just as reasonably be associated with capitalism. Exploration is already defined as "an asymmetric pattern of division of labour," penetration is seen in the permeation of billionaires and corporations into politics, fragmentation is