> The NEP wasn't (in its own theory) state capitalism That's not what wikipedia says. I can't argue as I am no expert in such matters myself having read almos

> The NEP wasn't (in its own theory) state capitalism That's not what wikipedia says. I can't argue as I am no expert in such matters myself having read almost none of the primary material (but I did read "The Tax In Kind"... which I was assuming outlined the theory of the NEP). Wikipedia on NEP: Lenin considered the NEP as a strategic retreat from socialism. He believed it was capitalism, but justified it by insisting that it was a different type of capitalism, "state capitalism", the last stage of capitalism before socialism evolved.[15]