▁ox ym or on , ▁arg uing ▁that ▁while ▁an ▁association ▁for ▁man aging ▁production ▁and ▁economic ▁affairs ▁would ▁exist ▁in ▁social ism , ▁it ▁would ▁no ▁longer ▁be ▁a ▁state ▁in ▁the ▁Marx ist ▁definition ▁which ▁is ▁based ▁on ▁dom ination ▁by ▁one ▁class . ▁Pre ced ing ▁the ▁B ols he vik - led ▁revolution ▁in ▁Russia , ▁many ▁social ist ▁groups — including ▁reform ists , ▁orth odox ▁Marx ist ▁curr ents ▁such ▁as ▁council ▁commun ism ▁and ▁the ▁Mens he vik s ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁an arch ists ▁and ▁other ▁libert arian ▁social ists — crit ic ized ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁using ▁the ▁state ▁to ▁conduct ▁planning ▁and ▁national ization ▁of ▁the ▁means ▁of ▁production ▁as ▁a ▁way ▁to ▁establish ▁social ism . ▁Len in ▁himself ▁acknowled ged ▁his ▁policies ▁as ▁state ▁capital ism . ▁ ▁Some ▁T rot sky ists ▁following ▁on ▁from ▁Tony ▁Cl iff ▁den y ▁that ▁it ▁even ▁is ▁social ism , ▁calling ▁it ▁instead ▁state ▁capital ism . ▁Other ▁T rot sky ists ▁agree ▁that ▁these ▁states ▁could ▁not ▁be ▁described ▁as ▁social ist , ▁but ▁den y ▁that ▁they ▁were ▁state ▁capital ist . ▁They ▁support ▁Leon ▁T rot sky ' s ▁analysis ▁of ▁pre - rest oration ▁Soviet ▁Union ▁as ▁a ▁workers ' ▁state ▁that ▁had ▁deg ener ated ▁into ▁a ▁b ureau cr atic ▁dict ator ship ▁which ▁rest ed ▁on ▁a ▁largely ▁national ized ▁industry ▁run ▁according ▁to ▁a ▁production ▁plan ▁and ▁claimed ▁that ▁the ▁former ▁St alin ist ▁states