The bourgeoisie won by capturing the State, not by winning wars.

Evidence

Universalization therefore began not with a relationship of domination that gradually swung completely in its favor, but with the fact that all the constituent elements of the State were born of it, were in its hands or had come into its hands. Its force was the force of the State and not the force of war, and the bourgeoisie did not make warlike use of it except when it was really obliged to do so. — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 250

Categorization

• XREF: Previews Gramsci’s hegemony - dominance secured by occupying the State’s administrative apparatus rather than by direct force. — connects to: Imperialism politically emancipated the previously excluded bourgeoisie; Imperialism is the first stage of bourgeois political rule, not capitalism’s last; Hegemony means tendential balance, not absolute class victory (+2 more)

Related

• The bourgeoisie ruled economically while leaving politics to the state (similarity 0.80)
• The bourgeoisie’s alliance with the mob destroyed the nation-state it needed (similarity 0.80)
• Imperialism politically emancipated the previously excluded bourgeoisie (similarity 0.79)
• Imperialism politically emancipated the bourgeoisie after it had been excluded from national government. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Imperialism politically emancipated the previously excluded bourgeoisie #expands (0.85)
• Imperialism is the first stage of bourgeois political rule, not capitalism’s last #expands (0.80)
• Movements aim to destroy the state, not merely seize its machine #contradicts (0.80)
• Hegemony means tendential balance, not absolute class victory #complicates (0.75)