State socialism
State socialism is a term that's sometimes used interchangeably with
State capitalism. It's often defined as the state ownership of the
means of production. This is contrasted with
Libertarian Socialism, which involves collective ownership of the means of production without state intervention.
Trotskyites believed that
Stalinism was state socialism and not true
Marxism. Modernly, many European political parties on the left side of the
political spectrum advocate varying forms of state socialism, one type being
democratic socialism.