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State socialism
State socialism is a nebulous political and economic concept which involves the state ownership of the means of production on behalf of the proletariat with the ultimate goal of transitioning to a more democratic socialist system of control. The term state capitalism is sometimes used interchangeably with this concept, however if there is a difference to be made, then state capitalism refers to state ownership without the intent to transition to socialism later on. Democratic and libertarian socialists in particular tend to use these words interchangeably, as they generally tend to view state socialism as actually just partially socialist. In contrast, it may be said that workers in state socialist nations have genuine control over the means of production through institutions such as trade unions, and thus state socialist nations in practice really are essentially socialist.