What's an auto-coup?
Are there democratic countries whose democratic institutions survived an auto-coup attempt?
Submitted 10 months ago by IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com to [deleted]
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guy@piefed.social 10 months ago
Pringles@lemm.ee 10 months ago
I assume a coup by the reigning government.
Kaboom@reddthat.com 10 months ago
That’s not a coup, by definition.
It’s still bad, but coup isn’t the right term
Sanctus@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Historically? Never, the ones that appear to survive are stripped and repurposed for something nefarious.
snek_boi@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
If you look at the human empowerment model, it will all depend on whether the technological conditions, the educational resources, and the connective resources have gotten worse or not. If not, then people will mobilize and the massive protests will demand change, regardless of the government’s forceful opposition.
The critical question is whether the institutions of a nation are more or less democratic than its people. The World Value Survey clearly shows that some people like hierarchy, strict gender roles that confine people into little boxes, and clearly-defined “me-versus-them” boundaries. Those people will not protest against dictatorships. The rest will.