▁term ▁state ▁capital ism ▁" origin ally ▁arose ▁to ▁design ate ▁the ▁phen omena ▁which ▁arise ▁when ▁a ▁b our ge ois ▁state ▁takes ▁direct ▁charge ▁of ▁the ▁means ▁of ▁transport ▁or ▁of ▁industrial ▁enter pr ises " ▁and ▁is ▁therefore ▁a ▁" partial ▁neg ation " ▁of ▁capital ism . ▁▁ ▁However , ▁T rot sky ▁rejected ▁that ▁description ▁of ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union , ▁claim ing ▁instead ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁a ▁deg ener ated ▁workers ' ▁state . ▁After ▁World ▁War ▁II , ▁most ▁T rot sky ists ▁accepted ▁an ▁analysis ▁of ▁the ▁Soviet ▁b loc ▁countries ▁as ▁being ▁de formed ▁workers ' ▁states . ▁However , ▁alternative ▁opinions ▁of ▁the ▁T rot sky ist ▁tradition ▁have ▁developed ▁the ▁theory ▁of ▁state ▁capital ism ▁as ▁a ▁New ▁Class ▁theory ▁to ▁explain ▁what ▁they ▁regard ▁as ▁the ▁essentially ▁non - social ist ▁nature ▁of ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union , ▁Cuba , ▁China ▁and ▁other ▁self - proc laimed ▁social ist ▁states . ▁ ▁The ▁discussion ▁goes ▁back ▁to ▁internal ▁deb ates ▁in ▁the ▁Left ▁O pp osition ▁during ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 2 0 s ▁and ▁early ▁ 1 9 3 0 s . ▁An te ▁C il iga , ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Left ▁O pp osition ▁imprison ed ▁at ▁Ver kh ne - U ral sk ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s , ▁described ▁the ▁evolution ▁of ▁many ▁Left ▁O pp osition ists ▁to ▁a ▁theory ▁of ▁state ▁capital ism ▁influenced ▁by ▁G av ril ▁My as nik ov