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minus-squareNorah (pup/it/she)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·20 hours agoTrump has been getting rid of higher ups, they aren’t protected.
minus-squaresquaresinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-220 hours agoThat makes everything pretty difficult. What generally triggers military coups is that one of these higher-ups rebels when or after they are removed. But yeah, there’s a time window for that and it’s closing rapidly. There won’t be a rebellion by the people. There hardly can be one, without a rebellion by the military.
minus-squareNorah (pup/it/she)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·20 hours agoYes, which is why in the other comment chain we were talking about the right moment. Tip your hand too soon and you’re just getting purged.
minus-squaresquaresinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·20 hours agoTrue, but it only works if there will actually be a rebellion started by some higher-up.
minus-squareNorah (pup/it/she)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 hours agoThen there’s no point to any of these hypotheticals, is there??
Trump has been getting rid of higher ups, they aren’t protected.
That makes everything pretty difficult.
What generally triggers military coups is that one of these higher-ups rebels when or after they are removed.
But yeah, there’s a time window for that and it’s closing rapidly.
There won’t be a rebellion by the people. There hardly can be one, without a rebellion by the military.
Yes, which is why in the other comment chain we were talking about the right moment. Tip your hand too soon and you’re just getting purged.
True, but it only works if there will actually be a rebellion started by some higher-up.
Then there’s no point to any of these hypotheticals, is there??