, ▁many ▁Western ▁Marx ists ▁question ed ▁whether ▁social ism ▁was ▁possible ▁in ▁Russia . ▁Specifically , ▁Karl ▁K aut sky ▁said : ▁▁ ▁After ▁ 1 9 2 9 , ▁ex iled ▁Mens he vik s ▁such ▁as ▁F y odor ▁Dan ▁began ▁to ▁argue ▁that ▁St alin ' s ▁Russia ▁constit uted ▁a ▁state ▁capital ist ▁society . ▁In ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom , ▁the ▁orth odox ▁Marx ist ▁group ▁the ▁Social ist ▁Party ▁of ▁Great ▁Britain ▁independently ▁developed ▁a ▁similar ▁doctrine . ▁Although ▁initially ▁beginning ▁with ▁the ▁idea ▁that ▁Soviet ▁capital ism ▁differ ed ▁little ▁from ▁western ▁capital ism , ▁they ▁later ▁began ▁to ▁argue ▁that ▁the ▁b ureau c racy ▁held ▁its ▁product ive ▁property ▁in ▁common , ▁much ▁like ▁the ▁Catholic ▁Church ' s . ▁As ▁John ▁O ' Ne ill ▁notes : ▁▁ ▁Writing ▁in ▁the ▁Mens he vik ▁journal ▁Social ist ▁Cou rier ▁on ▁ 2 5 ▁April ▁ 2 5 , ▁Rudolf ▁Hil fer ding ▁rejected ▁the ▁concept ▁of ▁state ▁capital ism , ▁not ing ▁that ▁as ▁pract iced ▁in ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union ▁it ▁lack ed ▁the ▁dynamic ▁aspects ▁of ▁capital ism ▁such ▁as ▁a ▁market ▁which ▁set ▁prices ▁or ▁a ▁set ▁of ▁entrepr ene urs ▁and ▁invest ors ▁which ▁allocated ▁capital . ▁According ▁to ▁Hil fer ding , ▁state ▁capital ism ▁was ▁not ▁a ▁form ▁of ▁capital ism , ▁but ▁rather ▁a ▁form ▁of ▁total itar ian ism . ▁ ▁Sh acht man ite ▁T rot sky ists ▁▁ ▁Leon ▁T rot sky ▁said ▁the