ist ▁groups ▁desc ended ▁from ▁the ▁Ma o ist ▁ide ological ▁tradition ▁still ▁adopt ▁the ▁description ▁of ▁both ▁China ▁and ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union ▁as ▁being ▁state ▁capital ist ▁from ▁a ▁certain ▁point ▁in ▁their ▁history ▁on wards — most ▁commonly , ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union ▁from ▁ 1 9 5 6 ▁to ▁its ▁collapse ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 1 ▁and ▁China ▁from ▁ 1 9 7 6 ▁to ▁the ▁present . ▁Ma o ists ▁and ▁anti - re vision ists ▁also ▁sometimes ▁use ▁the ▁term ▁social ▁imperial ism ▁to ▁describe ▁social ist ▁states ▁that ▁they ▁consider ▁to ▁be ▁actually ▁capital ist ▁in ▁ess ence — the ir ▁phrase , ▁" social ist ▁in ▁words , ▁imperial ist ▁in ▁de eds " ▁denotes ▁this . ▁ ▁Use ▁by ▁liberal ▁econom ists ▁▁ ▁Murray ▁Roth b ard , ▁an ▁an arch o - cap ital ist ▁phil os opher , ▁uses ▁the ▁term ▁inter change ably ▁with ▁the ▁term ▁state ▁mon opol y ▁capital ism ▁and ▁uses ▁it ▁to ▁describe ▁a ▁partners hip ▁of ▁government ▁and ▁big ▁business ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁state ▁interven es ▁on ▁beh alf ▁of ▁large ▁capital ists ▁against ▁the ▁interests ▁of ▁consum ers . ▁▁ ▁He ▁distingu ishes ▁this ▁from ▁la isse z - f aire ▁capital ism ▁where ▁big ▁business ▁is ▁not ▁protected ▁from ▁market ▁forces . ▁This ▁usage ▁dates ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s , ▁when ▁Harry ▁El mer ▁Bar nes ▁described ▁the ▁post - New ▁De al ▁economy ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁as ▁" state