▁of ▁Central ▁and ▁Eastern ▁Europe ▁were ▁de formed ▁workers ' ▁states ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁same ▁relations ▁of ▁production ▁as ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union . ▁ ▁Those ▁social ists ▁who ▁opp ose ▁any ▁system ▁of ▁state ▁control ▁what so ever ▁believe ▁in ▁a ▁more ▁decent ral ized ▁approach ▁which ▁puts ▁the ▁means ▁of ▁production ▁directly ▁into ▁the ▁hands ▁of ▁the ▁workers ▁rather ▁than ▁indirect ly ▁through ▁state ▁b ureau cra cies — which ▁they ▁claim ▁represent ▁a ▁new ▁el ite ▁or ▁class . ▁This ▁leads ▁them ▁to ▁consider ▁state ▁social ism ▁a ▁form ▁of ▁state ▁capital ism ▁( an ▁economy ▁based ▁on ▁central ized ▁management , ▁capital ▁accum ulation ▁and ▁w age ▁labor , ▁but ▁with ▁the ▁state ▁ow ning ▁the ▁means ▁of ▁production ) ▁which ▁Eng els ▁stated ▁would ▁be ▁the ▁final ▁form ▁of ▁capital ism ▁rather ▁than ▁social ism . ▁Furthermore , ▁state ▁ownership ▁or ▁national ization ▁has ▁nothing ▁to ▁do ▁with ▁social ism ▁by ▁itself , ▁having ▁been ▁histor ically ▁carried ▁out ▁for ▁various ▁different ▁purposes ▁under ▁a ▁wide ▁variety ▁of ▁different ▁political ▁and ▁economic ▁systems . ▁ ▁State ▁social ism ▁is ▁often ▁referred ▁to ▁by ▁det ract ors ▁simply ▁as ▁social ism , ▁including ▁Aust rian ▁School ▁econom ists ▁such ▁as ▁Friedrich ▁Hay ek ▁and ▁Ludwig ▁von ▁M ises , ▁who ▁contin ually ▁used ▁the ▁term ▁social ism ▁as ▁a ▁syn onym ▁for ▁central ▁planning ▁and ▁state ▁social ism . ▁This ▁is ▁notable ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁where ▁social ism ▁is ▁a ▁pe jor ative ▁term ▁to ▁mean ▁state ▁social