abstract:Capitalist state, in popular usage, is a state where a capitalist market economy is dominant, whether the form of government is autocratic, single-party rule, or multi-party rule. For instance, it can refer to contemporary China and Vietnam, where a Communist Party-run state exists alongside a mixed economy.
Globalised production lines, globalised labour markets, commodity markets, culture - all this acts like social superglue preventing any politician from even contemplating an overt protectionist or state-capitalist response.