▁by ▁direct ▁dem ocracy ▁in ▁the ▁remaining ▁public ▁associations ▁compr ising ▁the ▁former ▁state . ▁Political ▁power ▁would ▁be ▁decent ral ized ▁and ▁distributed ▁even ly ▁among ▁the ▁population , ▁producing ▁a ▁commun ist ▁society . ▁ ▁In ▁commun ist ▁states ▁▁ ▁The ▁economic ▁model ▁adopted ▁in ▁the ▁former ▁Soviet ▁Union , ▁Eastern ▁B loc ▁and ▁other ▁commun ist ▁states ▁is ▁often ▁described ▁as ▁a ▁form ▁of ▁state ▁social ism . ▁The ▁ide ological ▁basis ▁for ▁this ▁system ▁was ▁the ▁Marx ist – Len in ist ▁theory ▁of ▁social ism ▁in ▁one ▁country . ▁The ▁system ▁that ▁emer ged ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s ▁in ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁state ▁ownership ▁of ▁the ▁means ▁of ▁production ▁and ▁central ized ▁planning , ▁along ▁with ▁b ureau cr atic ▁management ▁of ▁the ▁work place ▁by ▁state ▁officials ▁that ▁were ▁ultimately ▁sub ordinate ▁to ▁the ▁all - en comp ass ing ▁commun ist ▁party . ▁R ather ▁than ▁the ▁produ cers ▁cont rolling ▁and ▁man aging ▁production , ▁the ▁party ▁controlled ▁both ▁the ▁government ▁mach in ery ▁which ▁directed ▁the ▁national ▁economy ▁on ▁beh alf ▁of ▁the ▁commun ist ▁party ▁and ▁planned ▁the ▁production ▁and ▁distribution ▁of ▁capital ▁goods . ▁ ▁Because ▁of ▁this , ▁classical ▁and ▁orth odox ▁Marx ists ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁T rot sky ist ▁groups ▁den ounced ▁the ▁commun ist ▁states ▁as ▁being ▁St alin ist ▁and ▁their ▁econom ies ▁as ▁being ▁state ▁capital ist ▁or ▁representing ▁de formed ▁or ▁deg ener ated ▁workers ' ▁states ,