The number of coups, coup attemps and conspiracies to overthrow a government rose substantially around the world since 2021. This is according to data collected by the University of Illinois Cline Center Coup d’État Project. The researchers found between 14 and 16 such events each year recently, up from mostly single-digit results in the 2000s and 2010s. The number of successful coups also rose, hitting seven in 2021 and five in 2024, up from a maximum of four in the previous decades. The numbers, however, do not surpass earlier counts from the 1960s or 1970s, when an average of 20 coups and attempts per year were the norm, including up to 18 successful ones annually.[...]
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @zuspotirko 19 Feb
Well well well. Seems like the global poor and first world middle class aren't quite as dissatisfied with the status quo as some internet "thought leaders" suggest
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @7e6e393a56 19 Feb
Interesting! I thought this practice was more common in the past. These coup attempts are usually successful when the government loses popular support due to an extensive economic crisis.
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