2. Is it a good thing the military steeled itself to resist coup-like moves from Trump? Sure. Is it a good thing to be in a position where the military is one of the chief bulwarks against a coup? No. It's terrible.
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3. We need to consider what a massive failure of democracy it is that the USA got to the point where top military brass had to consider thwarting a coup. Some thoughts along this line here:https://jeetheer.substack.com/p/two-paths-to-a-military-coup?r=bh54&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=twitter …
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American democracy is basically an honor system.
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It's norms all the way down, yeah.
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But not in this case, apparently. The military‘s plan was to… Resign? Does not seem to be much of a bulwark against a coup.
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