▁national ization ▁were ▁to ▁dispos s ess ▁large ▁capital ists ▁and ▁cons olid ate ▁industry ▁so ▁that ▁profit ▁would ▁go ▁toward ▁public ▁fin ance ▁rather ▁than ▁private ▁fortune . ▁National ization ▁would ▁be ▁the ▁first ▁step ▁in ▁a ▁long - term ▁process ▁of ▁social izing ▁production , ▁introdu cing ▁employee ▁management ▁and ▁re organ izing ▁production ▁to ▁directly ▁produce ▁for ▁use ▁rather ▁than ▁profit . ▁ ▁Social ▁dem ocr ats ▁and ▁other ▁dem ocr atic ▁social ists ▁argued ▁for ▁a ▁grad ual , ▁peace ful ▁transition ▁from ▁capital ism ▁to ▁social ism . ▁They ▁wish ▁to ▁neutral ize ▁or ▁to ▁abol ish ▁capital ism , ▁respectively , ▁but ▁through ▁political ▁reform ▁rather ▁than ▁revolution . ▁This ▁method ▁of ▁grad ual ism ▁implies ▁util ization ▁of ▁the ▁existing ▁state ▁appar atus ▁and ▁mach in ery ▁of ▁government ▁to ▁gradually ▁move ▁society ▁toward ▁social ism ▁and ▁is ▁sometimes ▁der ided ▁by ▁other ▁social ists ▁as ▁a ▁form ▁of ▁social ism ▁from ▁above ▁or ▁political ▁el it ism ▁for ▁re lying ▁on ▁elect oral ▁means ▁to ▁achieve ▁social ism . ▁ ▁In ▁contrast , ▁Marx ism ▁and ▁revolution ary ▁social ism ▁holds ▁that ▁a ▁pro let arian ▁revolution ▁is ▁the ▁only ▁practical ▁way ▁to ▁implement ▁fundamental ▁changes ▁in ▁the ▁structure ▁of ▁society . ▁Social ists ▁who ▁advoc ate ▁representative ▁dem ocracy ▁believe ▁that ▁after ▁a ▁certain ▁period ▁of ▁time ▁under ▁social ism ▁the ▁state ▁will ▁" w ither ▁away " ▁because ▁class ▁dist in ctions ▁ce ase ▁to ▁exist ▁and ▁representative ▁dem ocracy ▁would ▁be ▁replaced