▁political ▁systems , ▁emer ged ▁from ▁a ▁deviation ▁in ▁Marx ist ▁theory ▁starting ▁with ▁Vladimir ▁Len in . ▁In ▁Marx ist ▁theory , ▁social ism ▁is ▁project ed ▁to ▁emer ge ▁in ▁the ▁most ▁developed ▁capital ist ▁econom ies ▁where ▁capital ism ▁suff ers ▁the ▁greatest ▁amount ▁of ▁internal ▁contradict ions ▁and ▁class ▁conflict . ▁On ▁the ▁other ▁hand , ▁state ▁social ism ▁became ▁a ▁revolution ary ▁theory ▁for ▁the ▁poor est , ▁often ▁quasi - fe ud al , ▁countries ▁of ▁the ▁world . ▁ ▁In ▁such ▁systems , ▁the ▁state ▁appar atus ▁is ▁used ▁as ▁an ▁instrument ▁of ▁capital ▁accum ulation , ▁for ci b ly ▁extract ing ▁sur plus ▁from ▁the ▁working ▁class ▁and ▁pe asant ry ▁for ▁the ▁purposes ▁of ▁modern izing ▁and ▁industrial izing ▁poor ▁countries . ▁Such ▁systems ▁are ▁described ▁as ▁state ▁capital ism ▁because ▁the ▁state ▁eng ages ▁in ▁capital ▁accum ulation , ▁mostly ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁primitive ▁accum ulation ▁of ▁capital ▁( see ▁also ▁the ▁Soviet ▁theory ▁of ▁the ▁primitive ▁social ist ▁accum ulation ). ▁The ▁difference ▁is ▁that ▁the ▁state ▁acts ▁as ▁a ▁public ▁entity ▁and ▁eng ages ▁in ▁this ▁activity ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁achieve ▁social ism ▁by ▁re - in vest ing ▁the ▁accum ulated ▁capital ▁into ▁the ▁society , ▁whether ▁be ▁in ▁more ▁health care , ▁education , ▁employ ment ▁or ▁consumer ▁goods , ▁whereas ▁in ▁capital ist ▁soci eties ▁the ▁sur plus ▁extracted ▁from ▁the ▁working ▁class ▁is ▁spent ▁in ▁whatever ▁needs ▁the ▁own ers ▁of ▁the ▁means ▁of ▁production