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minus-squarethreshold_dweller@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoI am not sure you know what a coup is. This guy was elected.
minus-squareribboo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 months agoSo was Hitler, Chavez, Erdogan among others. This take is so blind to history it’s absurd. Facists are often elected democratically. And they do stage coups. Hitler did, Marcos did in the Philippines, Fujimori in Peru, as well as Chavez and Erdoğan.
minus-squarethreshold_dweller@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoOkay, he’s a fascist shitbag, no argument there, but its not a coup by definition. This isnt sudden and its not by a small group of people.
minus-squareSwingingTheLamp@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoPresident Leon was not elected.
minus-squareXanza@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months ago They’re referring to Elon, not Trump. I’m not sure you know what a coup is, considering any branch can execute a coup to usurp power from the other 2 branches…
I am not sure you know what a coup is. This guy was elected.
So was Hitler, Chavez, Erdogan among others. This take is so blind to history it’s absurd. Facists are often elected democratically.
And they do stage coups. Hitler did, Marcos did in the Philippines, Fujimori in Peru, as well as Chavez and Erdoğan.
Okay, he’s a fascist shitbag, no argument there, but its not a coup by definition. This isnt sudden and its not by a small group of people.
President Leon was not elected.