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So if the government is gearing up to purge part of the judiciary along with all these officials then is this essentially a coup? Kurtofan posted:Didn't know they made a Filipino version of the shield This is more like Judge Dredd honestly.
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TheDeadlyShoe posted:It's not a coup, since there was a legitimate transfer of power. A revolution, maybe. A transfer of power that starts out legitimately can still spin into being a coup. In fact I'd say that a revolution launched from within the state apparatus and aimed at a different part of the same state apparatus is a pretty clear indicator of a coup.
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Aug 27, 2016 17:58
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I don't know about the Philippines in general but there are plenty of historical examples of voters being very enthused about killing people who are seen as socially unfit or parasitic. There's a lot more blood-lust in a modern electorate than most poli sci wonks seemingly want to acknowledge. Time and again we see examples of how a non-trivial part of the population of many countries gets an immense satisfaction from seeing people it resents getting hurt or killed. gradenko_2000 posted:
I don't really know how "precise" the term coup is anyway. I brought it up because what's happening here seems reminiscent of the "counter-coup" that a lot of people are accusing Erdogan of running in Turkey after the failed military takeover.
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