"Political scientist Jun Koga Sudduth documented over 1,000 military purges across 116 authoritarian countries between 1965 and 2005. The pattern is the same everywhere. When a leader starts firing officers because they won’t blindly follow his orders, it almost always means one thing: the leader is afraid of being removed from office, and he’s eliminating everyone who could make that happen." #fascism #authoritarianism #military https://barbarafwalter.substack.com/p/trump-is-coup-proofing-the-military

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/6afdf07f-776e-46a3-a56e-a99d430749c2/political-scientist-jun-koga-sudduth-documented-over-1-000-military-purges-across-116-authoritarian-countries-between-1965-and-2005.RSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 03:40:35 GMTWed, 22 Apr 2026 13:34:06 GMT602/ While this piece surely makes solid points and I really appreciate Walter's scholarship, it needs to be said -- so I as a military veteran and retired DOD civilian will say it -- there is no Constitutional vehicle for a military coup in the United States, and the military writ large simply will not consider it. The responsibility for removing this insane, violent, dementia-riddled man from our house is Constitutionally accounted for entirely within the Congress or the Cabinet. We the people are responsible for the content of the Congress, and we have a chance to do something about that this year. We must.

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