They'd privatize ownership. There isn't really an in-between option. Skipping straight to communism isn't possible as long as there is capitalist imperial hegemony as the workers would become disorganized without a state and unable to resist colonization.
The state is a tool to be wielded either by workers or capitalists, one day that contradiction will be resolved and what comes after will look a lot different as both capitalists and proles will cease to exist as classes.
Until it doesn't have to be, yes. Only way to safeguard the revolution.
Why does state ownership safeguard the revolution? What would happen if the state is taken over by capitalist elements?
They'd privatize ownership. There isn't really an in-between option. Skipping straight to communism isn't possible as long as there is capitalist imperial hegemony as the workers would become disorganized without a state and unable to resist colonization.
The state is a tool to be wielded either by workers or capitalists, one day that contradiction will be resolved and what comes after will look a lot different as both capitalists and proles will cease to exist as classes.