In 1981 the party adopted community socialism, or a decentralised socialist state, as a constitutional aim.

Various pro-capitalist economists have argued that a socialist state would by its very nature erode the rights of its citizens.

The education system, considered a tool for propagating communism and creating the academic and technical cadres necessary for construction of a socialist state and society, also improved dramatically.

Some criticisms are not directed toward socialism as a system, but are directed toward the socialist movement, socialist political parties or existing socialist states.