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when does a coup become a revolution?
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It's useful to think of *Revolution" as it's used in Scientific Revolution and Industrial Revolution; a complete restructuring of how both society and individuals identify and organize themselves. The bang bang part of Revolution's colloquial meaning comes from the violent counter-revolution.
A (traditional) Coup d'etat is the forceful takeover of the leadership of an existing state apparatus.
Neither of these are exclusive. ML theory, for example, advocates for the takeover of the state apparatus as a key method for bringing about and guarding the social revolution.