▁to ▁state ▁capital ism , ▁hence ▁opp ress ive ▁and ▁merely ▁a ▁shift ▁from ▁private ▁capital ists ▁to ▁the ▁state ▁being ▁the ▁sole ▁employ er ▁and ▁capital ist . ▁ ▁During ▁World ▁War ▁I , ▁using ▁Vladimir ▁Len in ' s ▁idea ▁that ▁Ts ar ism ▁was ▁taking ▁a ▁Pr uss ian ▁path ▁to ▁capital ism , ▁the ▁B ols he vik ▁Nikol ai ▁B uk har in ▁identified ▁a ▁new ▁stage ▁in ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁capital ism ▁in ▁which ▁all ▁se ctors ▁of ▁national ▁production ▁and ▁all ▁important ▁social ▁institutions ▁had ▁become ▁managed ▁by ▁the ▁state — he ▁term ed ▁this ▁new ▁stage ▁state ▁capital ism . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁October ▁Revolution , ▁Len in ▁used ▁the ▁term ▁posit ively . ▁In ▁spring ▁ 1 9 1 8 , ▁during ▁a ▁brief ▁period ▁of ▁economic ▁liberal ism ▁prior ▁to ▁the ▁introduction ▁of ▁war ▁commun ism ▁and ▁again ▁during ▁the ▁New ▁Econom ic ▁Policy ▁( NE P ) ▁of ▁ 1 9 2 1 , ▁Len in ▁just ified ▁the ▁introduction ▁of ▁state ▁capital ism ▁controlled ▁polit ically ▁by ▁the ▁dict ator ship ▁of ▁the ▁pro let ariat ▁to ▁further ▁central ▁control ▁and ▁develop ▁the ▁product ive ▁forces : ▁Re ality ▁tells ▁us ▁that ▁state ▁capital ism ▁would ▁be ▁a ▁step ▁forward . ▁If ▁in ▁a ▁small ▁space ▁of ▁time ▁we ▁could ▁achieve ▁state ▁capital ism , ▁that ▁would ▁be ▁a ▁victory . See ▁also ▁David ▁S . ▁P ena ▁" Tasks ▁of ▁Working - Class ▁Govern ments ▁under ▁the ▁Social ist -