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@utopian_rebel Fair question: my standard for avoiding a "coup" is this: "the military signaled limits to further state repression, stayed out of the presidential chair, and did not substitute its choice of leaders for one determined at the ballot box."Permalink On twitter.com
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@utopian_rebel The military has told Bolivian presidents it's time to go at peak moments of crisis in 2003, 2005. Police mutinies or military reluctance de-escalated other crises. Details are here: woborders.blog/2019/11/09/police-mutiny-critical-point/Permalink On twitter.com
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@utopian_rebel Meanwhile, Bolivia has an eighty-year-long tradition of popular protest unseating presidents and providing a mandate for changes in government.On twitter.com
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@utopian_rebel Sometimes these are, in fact, coups. When the military does the things I mentioned: occupying the presidential chair, choosing civilian leaders, or enabling repression.Permalink On twitter.com
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@utopian_rebel It's a critical moment. Things could go disastrously wrong. But the possibility of a neutral caretaker government that holds fair elections is also real.Permalink On twitter.com
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@utopian_rebel Here's the eight-decade history of governments installed by popular revolt (red), caretakers (black), repressors (green).Permalink On twitter.com
