Of the countries who remained Capitalist during the 20th Century, which ones would be the most likely to have a Communist government installed and why?
When I said the 20th century I meant from 1st January 1900 to the 31st December 1999Depends on how early you want the Pod to be. A more successful Red Army, or a less successful American one could mean that you have all of Germany, Greece, at least the top half of Italy and maybe even a bit of France behind the Iron Curtain. Turkey in this instance would almost certainly be finlandized, since they are surrounded by Soviet States
As I understand it there was a very real chance Germany could have had its own Red Revolution after the First World War or even if the war had gone on just a few months longer. The chance for revolution OTL was pretty effectively quashed when the government made it clear they were willing to negotiate with hardline militarists on the Right, while negotiations with hardline militarists on the Left was done at range with bullets.As mentioned above, France, Germany and Italy are fairly likely, if you allow a PoD from 1st January 1900 onwards.
Concerning South America: it's my understanding the 'Communist' movements in South America that the CIA so ruthlessly put down were more soft Socialist in outlook (certainly not puppets of Moscow), not that the Americans made much of a distinction. I'll leave it to the thread to decide where socialism ends and communism begins.
Are you arguing that Allende (if not couped by Pinochet) would have turned Chile into a communist dictatorship, or are you arguing that he was a Chilean Kerensky who would have been overthrown by the actual communists if Pinochet hadn't got there first?Well for Chile you could have Allende not be couped.
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Are you arguing that Allende (if not couped by Pinochet) would have turned Chile into a communist dictatorship, or are you arguing that he was a Chilean Kerensky who would have been overthrown by the actual communists if Pinochet hadn't got there first?
France and Italy practically were going to vote them into power. If Tito had decided to persecute the Catholic church for their involvement with the Ustashe it would have been basically guaranteed
Greece (1945)Of the countries who remained Capitalist during the 20th Century, which ones would be the most likely to have a Communist government installed and why?