ive ▁subject ▁back ▁into ▁the ▁atom ised ▁objects ▁of ▁capital . ▁The ▁working ▁class , ▁it ▁was ▁argued , ▁had ▁to ▁particip ate ▁cons ci ously ▁in ▁economic ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁political ▁administration . ▁This ▁t endency ▁within ▁the ▁ 1 9 1 8 ▁Left ▁Commun ists ▁emphas ized ▁that ▁the ▁problem ▁with ▁capital ist ▁production ▁was ▁that ▁it ▁treated ▁workers ▁as ▁objects . ▁Its ▁trans c end ence ▁lay ▁in ▁the ▁workers ' ▁conscious ▁cre ativity ▁and ▁participation , ▁which ▁is ▁rem in is cent ▁of ▁Marx ' s ▁critique ▁of ▁al ien ation . ▁ ▁These ▁critic isms ▁were ▁rev ived ▁on ▁the ▁left ▁of ▁the ▁Russian ▁Commun ist ▁Party ▁after ▁the ▁ 1 0 th ▁Congress ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 1 , ▁which ▁introduced ▁the ▁New ▁Econom ic ▁Policy ▁( NE P ). ▁Many ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Work ers ' ▁O pp osition ▁and ▁the ▁Dec ists ▁( both ▁later ▁b anned ) ▁and ▁two ▁new ▁under ground ▁Left ▁Commun ist ▁groups , ▁G av ril ▁My as nik ov ' s ▁Work ers ' ▁Group ▁and ▁the ▁Work ers ' ▁Tr uth ▁group , ▁developed ▁the ▁idea ▁that ▁Russia ▁was ▁becoming ▁a ▁state ▁capital ist ▁society ▁govern ed ▁by ▁a ▁new ▁b ureau cr atic ▁class . ▁The ▁most ▁developed ▁version ▁of ▁this ▁idea ▁was ▁in ▁a ▁ 1 9 3 1 ▁book let ▁by ▁My as nik ov . ▁ ▁Mens he vik s ▁and ▁orth odox ▁Marx ists ▁▁ ▁Im medi ately ▁after ▁the ▁Russian ▁Revolution