They were (and mostly still are) heavily statist countries. "Capitalist" they were only if you would think about this word as a scale. Like North Korea being sl

They were (and mostly still are) heavily statist countries. "Capitalist" they were only if you would think about this word as a scale. Like North Korea being slightly capitalistic. Those countries though lack attributes of classical capitalistic societies like - proper ownership titles and their protection from third parties, including the state - low barriers for market entry - free(r) flow of capital, including across their borders All of these were practically absent in those countries. Good luck establishing your broadcasting service being a christian/jew/<minority> and without connections to the feudal rulers/police/military. Which capitalist society does employ it's military to produce basic goods, like milk?