The distinction between stagnationist dependency analysis and the classical progressive Marxist view of development as presented by Bill Warren. As opposed to the dependency "stagnationists, Warren's position was that capitalism continued to be a progressive force for change Capitalism, Warren argued, had brought trauma and social dislocation in its wake wherever it had been established. But, he maintained, it had also brought an incomparably higher standard of living to the masses than any previous socioeconomic system. The spread of capitalist methods of production would sweep away outmoded institutions and structures [from pre-colonialism and colonialism), and the now less-developed nations would be brought into the modern era, Furthermore, as the less-developed regions industrialized at a rapid rate, their industrial working force expanded. This social class would The distinction between stagnationist dependency analysis and the classical progressive Marxist view of development as presented by Bill Warren. As opposed to the dependency "stagnationists, Warren's position was that capitalism continued to be a progressive force for change Capitalism, Warren argued, had brought trauma and social dislocation in its wake wherever it had been established. But, he maintained, it had also brought an incomparably higher standard of living to the masses than any previous socioeconomic system. The spread of capitalist methods of production would sweep away outmoded institutions and structures [from pre-colonialism and colonialism), and the now less-developed nations would be brought into the modern era, Furthermore, as the less-developed regions industrialized at a rapid rate, their industrial working force expanded. This social class would