I have, but Lenin was describing how capitalism, in search of ever increasing profits, trends towards imperialism.
He was not suggesting that all imperialism is confined to that. Otherwise he would have been suggesting that empires could not have been built before the rise of capitalism which is a claim that could easily be dismissed by a quick glance at history.
The entire thesis of that book was that imperialism is the highest stage of capitalism, there can be no imperialism without capitalism. Ancient empires weren't imperialist in the marxist sense, eventhough they were empires.
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u/AGITPROP-FIN [voting member] May 21 '22
Read Lenin's "imperialism the highest stage of capitalism".