The magic words worked because they were backed by the power of institutions that people trust.
The mistake this guy made - the mistake that the US Republicans are absolutely not making - is that he did not sufficiently erode public faith in those institutions first.
Nor did he secure political and military alliences before hand. You can only stop coups by voting if it is a really shit coup lol
He actually did have the backing of a lot of the military top brass. The problem is that the rank and file wouldn't back the brass in clearly violating lawful orders from the government. A big part of why those soldiers sent into parliament did such a shit job is because they obviously weren't even sure they were supposed to be there.
"We hereby declare that 'we do not consent'!"
"My apologies, have a nice day!"
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President trying to coup? Just say no, they cannot legally take over your government without your consent!
It honestly sounds too good to be true that you can be getting invaded by soldiers, and you can just say 'no' and they go away. That is the power of law.
That's because people put resistance https://snyder.substack.com/p/dictators-for-a-day
Dictators will only succeed if people comply in advance.
Also a general strike started demanding him to step down.
Dictators will only succeed if people comply in advance.
This is important
The thing about a coup is that when it fails nobody was ever part of the coup.
What is this referring to?
On December 3, when President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea declared martial law, soldiers were deployed to the National Assembly, blocking access and creating chaos. Despite the military presence, some opposition politicians physically fought past soldiers and barricades to reach the emergency meeting. Their actions allowed an emergency session to take place, where 190 lawmakers voted unanimously to overturn the martial law order.
That's not what put the nail in the coffin though, it was unions threatening a general strike that ended the order
Thank you for the succinct explanation
South Korea the last 48 hours!
My genuine reaction
So the beard is part of your reaction
Based
South Korea is closing up to the North.
Their libs have maybe under 10 seats, even though capitalists try to claim they are. Doesn't seem like they had any power in this
Liberalism is not the Liberal party. It's the marriage of capitalism and democracy that most countries have today.