I Lived Through A Stupid Coup. America Is Having One Now

[WhiskeyGrinder]

https://medium.com/indica/i-lived-through-a-coup-america-is-having-one-now-437934b1dac3

Two years ago, I lived through a coup in Sri Lanka. It was stupid. The minority party threw chili powder at everyone in Parliament and took over by farce. Math, however, requires a majority and the courts kicked them out. They gave in. We’d been on the streets for weeks but yay, we won.

No.

I didn’t know it at the time, but we had already lost. No one knew — but oh my God, what we lost. The legitimate government came back but it was divided and weak. We were divided and weak. We were vulnerable.

Four months later, on Easter Sunday, some assholes attacked multiple churches and hotels, killing 269 of us. My wife and kids were at church, I had to frantically call them back. Our nation was shattered. Mobs began attacking innocent Muslims. It was out of control. The coup broke our government, and four months later, that broke us.

[tanyev]

1. Wow. That is an excellent and sobering read. Kicking.

[malaise]

2. Do you know how many countries can tell similar stories?

The Manley regime was remove via the 1980 elections with much assistance from Seaga and the CIA.

[FakeNoose]

3. Recommended

[PatrickforO]

4. I have never felt that Trump's coup is 'dumb.'

He is a traitor who has nearly pulled this republic down around our knees. We need to have some accountability here for some of these criminals.

[Lonestarblue]

5. Nor is it over.

Trump is still trying to overturn the election, and his Republican enablers in Congress are helping him by refusing to acknowledge that the election was fair and Biden won. We all think the law is on our side, and it is, but how many times has Trump flouted the law in the past four years with no repercussions?

[colorado_ufo]

8. Along with McConnell and other co-conspirators.

[PatSeg]

11. Its the fact that it IS 'dumb'

that makes it so horrifying. It doesn't bode well for our democracy that someone so incompetent, erratic, and stunningly stupid could cause such chaos and destruction. People wrongly assumed that our institutions were strong, that they could withstand a power hungry tyrant, and that in the end, our laws would prevail.

Sadly, it would seem that the only reason this hasn't happened before was no one was outrageous enough to try. I think people assumed it wasn't possible. It took a mindless idiot to reveal all the weaknesses in our system. He was unwitting enough to try.

[NoRoadUntravelled]

6. K&R nt

[MerryBlooms]

7. And, none of them will be charged or held accountable.

[Pobeka]

9. - and that is what weakens our democracy. I hope they are held accountable. We should demand it.

[Solly Mack]

10. K&R