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[–] [email protected] -2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

That really depends who you ask.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Ask Russians or their braindead boot lickers and it's a coup - ask the people there fighting for their own country and against russification and it's a revolution ;)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

It was an overthrow of a democratically elected president. Not every Ukrainian was happy about it, obviously, since some Ukrainians were/are fighting the revolutionaries.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

No, it depends on Definition and Wikipedia is a good start.

Wikipedia: Coup

Wikipedia: Revolution

Horse Poo doesn't get Chocolate Cream just because you ask someone else.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

Uh huh. If Trump's people succeed on Jan 6th would it be a revolution or a coup? I'll go with whichever you answer.