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Would it be plausible for the West German state to become a sort of authoritarian capitalist state similar to South Vietnam (1955-1975), Taiwan (1949-1996) and South Korea (1948-1987) during the Cold War? Obviously not as dictatorial as these nations, but similar to modern-day illiberal democracies such as Russia and Turkey, with a dominant party political system and crackdowns on the opposition.

In my view it seems like an earlier end to denazification, in 1948 during the Berlin Blockade for example, could lead to such a result, with eventual democratisation by the 80s.
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