``` One Man's Coup, is another Mans Revolution```

very true

explain. I gotta pea brain

Its a matter of Perspective and who wins in the end.
Rebel, Terrorist, Coup, Revolution, all buzzwords to push a narrative based on your point of view

And history is written by the winners.

one is only a terrorist when the person using the term disagrees with the ends being pursued
otherwise you're a freedom fighter, or based revolutionary

le freedum fighters

So if this action in Venuzuela fails they will forever be a "Rebel Coup"
If it succeeds it will be remembered as the "Freedom Revolution"

well its nice to know all that bs

it's basically just a restatement of the fact that history is always written by the victor

okay. it just looked off to me cause i think of a coup and a revolution as the same thing

coup always carries negative connotations

"Coup" has a negative connotation in most peoples minds

does revolution not?

no

Not normally no

huh

cool beans

"American Revolution"

Revolution is usually connected to a Freedom Movement

yeah that sounds negative to me lol

While Coup is connected to a Forcible Power Change

word games ey

@Beck kek, are you a dirty brit or is english not your first language?

piss off, im getting better

Also "Revolutions" are usually tied to the end being a Democracy
While "Coup" is usually seen as military Coups, and end in Totalitarian Dictatorships

While reality they should be interchangeable the connotations prevent it

what about proletariat revolutions?

so its literally just optics

sound bad to me

@galesteppes It would be Bad, but they use "Revolution" to make it sound good and grow support

i guess the difference is that people will often refer to themselves as fighting for revolution, as revolutionaries
nobody wants their government takeover to be called a coup

It would more be the Proletariat Rebellion

why dont we just use "Freedom Fighters" & "Bad guys"

because you need to hide your bias

otherwise the normies will be unconvinced by your propaganda

We use all of them. But you have to remember, One group can be called both, by 2 different viewpoints

It doesn't become set in stone until a winner is found

then whats a neutral term?

war

fighter