: S ex ism ▁Category : Aff irm ative ▁action ▁Category : B rit ish ▁women ▁in ▁politics ▁Category : E lection ▁law ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁Category : Pol it ical ▁parties ▁Category : W omen ' s ▁rights ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom <0x0A> </s> ▁State ▁capital ism ▁is ▁an ▁economic ▁system ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁state ▁undert akes ▁commercial ▁( i . e . ▁for - pro fit ) ▁economic ▁activity ▁and ▁where ▁the ▁means ▁of ▁production ▁are ▁organized ▁and ▁managed ▁as ▁state - owned ▁business ▁enter pr ises ▁( including ▁the ▁processes ▁of ▁capital ▁accum ulation , ▁w age ▁labor ▁and ▁central ized ▁management ), ▁or ▁where ▁there ▁is ▁otherwise ▁a ▁domin ance ▁of ▁corpor at ized ▁government ▁ag encies ▁( agen cies ▁organized ▁along ▁business - management ▁practices ) ▁or ▁of ▁public ly ▁listed ▁corpor ations ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁state ▁has ▁cont rolling ▁shares . ▁Marx ist ▁literature ▁defines ▁state ▁capital ism ▁as ▁a ▁social ▁system ▁combining ▁capital ism ▁with ▁ownership ▁or ▁control ▁by ▁a ▁state — by ▁this ▁definition , ▁a ▁state ▁capital ist ▁country ▁is ▁one ▁where ▁the ▁government ▁controls ▁the ▁economy ▁and ▁essentially ▁acts ▁like ▁a ▁single ▁huge ▁corpor ation , ▁extract ing ▁the ▁sur plus ▁value ▁from ▁the ▁work force ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁invest ▁it ▁in ▁further ▁production . ▁This ▁design ation ▁applies ▁regardless ▁of ▁the ▁political ▁a ims ▁of ▁the ▁state ▁( even ▁if ▁the ▁state ▁is ▁nomin ally ▁social ist ). ▁Many ▁sch ol ars ▁argue ▁that ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union ▁and ▁the ▁countries ▁mode