So, I guess a question that needs to be asked is why democratic systems aren't working as intended in these countries. If there is such hatred of the current government that a coup is wildly popular, why aren't state institutions able to force a change of power democraticly?

And are the coups just setting up another government to overthrow a few decades from now?

[–] AFaithfulNihilist@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

America and more broadly western money doesn't really tolerate the locals to participate in the democracy in countries that might come to the wrong conclusions democratically. In those situations, we install a management layer into their government that is easily mistaken for vassal state puppetry by the people who actually see it in action.

From the perspective of the locals, this 'democracy' was installed by an externally funded military coup and is a tool of foreign hegemony. Democracy is what we wrote on the package, but it's not what they got when they opened it up.

Edit: I'm sure it's just a coincidence that all these coup leaders were trained by American military.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I thought the problem was France in this case.

But again, what exactly is breaking? And what prevents a coup in the future blaming the existing government of corruption as well?

[–] AFaithfulNihilist@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

The only way to prevent a coup is through national domestic tranquility coupled with unchallenged military supremacy. Since we have yet to see such a thing emerge on Earth, it's governments are still subject to being violently overthrown, sometimes publicly, sometimes covertly.

[–] zephyreks@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

You mean, African countries aren't happy about austerity measures under IMF loans? No way...

[–] prenatal_confusion@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

Coups