If Free-Market ideals were the centerpiece of dictatorial rule, would we still consider Capitalism (cont.)?

(cont.) - to be the cr�me de la cr�me of socioeconomic theories? Meaning, if history were to play itself out in an alternative manner, and Free-Market deregulation was the central pillar to single-party authoritarianism, would we continue to defend its admirable qualities? If Democracy and Laissez-Faire economics were never seen as coinciding factors, each useless without the other, would we still fiercely defend lady capitalism if she instead was left to the mercy of totalitarianism?