A coup is underway in the United States, and we must stop pretending otherwise. The signs are unmistakable and accelerating: in just the past 48 hours, Elon Musk’s DOGE commission has seized …
What’s happening is wildly inconstitutional and violent in nature. It’s just not military violence for a military coup. Not all coups involve the military, that, if anything, here might be a stabilizing force.
Long story short: he marched on Rome with a handful of wackos, the royal army absolutely had the power to wipe them out without breaking a sweat, but the king decided that baldy was a cool guy and handed him the government. Many people liked him.
Hardly a military action, and he went on to govern for 20 years, a streak that stopped only because he chose to stand on the wrong side of history, unlike, say, Franco.
I thought coups are generally illegal and involve a military action.
This just looks like a legally elected politician doing exactly what he promised.
It may not be good things, but none of that was unexpected.
What’s happening is wildly inconstitutional and violent in nature. It’s just not military violence for a military coup. Not all coups involve the military, that, if anything, here might be a stabilizing force.
You should check out how Mussolini came to power.
Long story short: he marched on Rome with a handful of wackos, the royal army absolutely had the power to wipe them out without breaking a sweat, but the king decided that baldy was a cool guy and handed him the government. Many people liked him.
Hardly a military action, and he went on to govern for 20 years, a streak that stopped only because he chose to stand on the wrong side of history, unlike, say, Franco.
Or Hitler, Franco, Salazar…
Orban, most of the right on the rise in the EU right now…