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Coup Attempt Debate

Comments intensely debate whether a specific political event or series of events qualifies as a coup or attempted coup, with users arguing both for and against the label while referencing historical and current examples.

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Sample Comments

fifticon • Feb 4, 2025 • View on HN

You can't get a revolution, but it appears you have managed to get a coup.

Y_Y • Dec 20, 2025 • View on HN

You misunderstand, there's been a coup

fjdjsmsm • Jan 6, 2021 • View on HN

Apparently a coup is too political for Hacker News!

MattGaiser • Apr 4, 2025 • View on HN

It seems like it was a straight-up coup attempt.

jacquesm • Jan 6, 2021 • View on HN

Rhetorical question? If not a coup then certainly an attempted coup.

replwoacause • Nov 19, 2023 • View on HN

If this wasn’t a coup, what would have made it one?

kawera • May 2, 2016 • View on HN

Not a "coup", you know that.

a_victorp • Sep 1, 2024 • View on HN

Asking for a coup IS an attempted coup

ornornor • Jan 6, 2021 • View on HN

This is unbelievable. Is it the beginning of a coup?

comp_throw7 • Nov 22, 2023 • View on HN

If the events happened as described (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38373572), calling it a "coup" sure is an interesting framing.