How to Coup ANY Country | Ordinary Guide

[@OrdinaryThings]

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[@derigel7662]

imagine calling Jan 6 a coup while also begging your county not to arrest you over fake guns....

[@RichardWeltch]

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[@Syndr1]

High Ordinary. TV,Stole your ideas. might as well still theirs. Well played

[@huntervilus9065]

For the record: You are not throwing a coup… right?

[@samborambobo]

January 6th was not a coup. It's disappointing to see you regurgitate some leftist nonsense.

[@raphaelforkel7759]

Imagine calling Kissinger an immortal Lich only to have him die the same day you upload this video. That's how determined he was to prove you wrong.

[@fenrirgg]

Omg it's true. I thought people were joking in the comments 😮

[@pstrap1311]

Rest in piss.

[@Ardoy9761]

Coincidence? I thing NOT!

[@auber4773]

Just you wait, he’ll be reincarnated to oversee the truce extension talks between Israel and Hamas.

[@mushroom032]

He should call putin and xi liches next! And trump!

[@kohiru]

Your line about Kissinger's immortality broke thr curse and finally freed him from this mortal coil

[@MarxistMogger]

YAAAAAY

[@GinsuChikara]

As someone else pointed out, we haven't found his phylactery yet

[@ShaunCheah]

Careful with that word; I Googled its etymology to find if it's a lich thing and it's actually better known as an, uh... I'll let you find out on your own.

[@2goober4u]

​@@ShaunCheah I like apples and bananas

[@big_sea]

yes

[@JohnFinals]

It was an honor to be put on a watchlist with you all

[@adkenporter2829]

Yes we must gather together at once to protect us all

[@DNS-Freakz]

@@adkenporter2829 Thats what an FBI agent would say to take us all out in one spot.

[@AleV69692]

Aye, I could do that

[@RavemastaJ]

I was recommended this video, I was already on the list.

[@jeremymott]

I can tell you as an American who BTW called him a coward to his Twitter account I'm definitely on the list

[@alejandro24680rg]

What just happened in Bolivia is the PERFECT proof of what happens when you don't watch this video.

[@laonu785]

Alejandro, no rompas las pelotas que esto fue puro show, ¿en serio crees que un golpe son una tanqueta y unos cuantos militares en uno de los nueve departamentos que tiene Bolivia?

[@alejandro24680rg]

@@laonu785 exacto, fue un golpe de estado así de malo

[@dysonspheremechanic6943]

It’s so sad to hear how Ordinary Things fell out of a 8th floor window. I hope his family is doing well.

[@bobskywalker2707]

How odd that he shot himself in the back three times before jumping . . .

[@wolfbyte3171]

And his editor's private jet mysteriously fell apart in midair.

[@zaidlacksalastname4905]

Tragic accident 😔

[@Hrafnskald]

The first time was tragic. The second time was sad. The third time was a bit funny, to be honest... ;)

[@woahdudeitsme9742]

​@@bobskywalker2707Pretty common actually.

[@MrFuzzygasm]

The juxtaposition of disclaimer to the UK government swiftly being followed to looking like an armed IRA member is pure gold

[@killmeh2]

and CIA bankroll and Ukraine protests is poor taste

[@jammer9300]

​@@killmeh2do some push ups

[@bwgaming-lq4gd]

​@@killmeh2but it's true the CIA has funded many coups

[@mjfan653]

Hey now, a broken clock is twice true and all that. Even if the CIA had been in the wrong most of the time, ukraine desperarely needed a new government that was actually Anti-corruption and truly democratic. And the fact that it really did acomplish the ousting of oligarchs and corrupt government workers and creating democratic elections tells me that the CIA was not well connected with that coup but that it was actually crowdfunded on the maidan square. It is sad that Putin took it as such a scary concept that he chose war as the solution, but the fact that people in ukraine fought back and are still defending their homeland tells me that the maidan revolution was a neccesity. So even if it was CIA helped, the CIA cant push people to the front in those numbers, that had to be a homegrown love for the new western-oriented government and its work. If we let ukraine fall, the baltics and Finland are next, and if that is to happen then NATO will lose all credibilty and the west will forever be a puppet under the terror-control of russia. So it is the main goal and mission of the west to win russia in ukraine. Otherwise we will lose not only ukraine but all of NATO to dictatorial manipulation from russia. I think ukrainians are fighting so fiercly due to the fact that they understand and see daily that the western way of life is way better than the russian dictatorship, and we should take a clue from that, that we do not want to live in a world where a russian warlord can demand from us his whims. So, to end my drunken/high rant, I think that even if the maidan coup was a CIA plot, it was uncharacteritically for the good of the common people and to save all of europe from the horror that is russian corruption. We just now have to win a war in ukraine, to cement that win. And that is a hard task, but funnily enough might be accomplished by a ukraine backed coup in moscow. If the russians only could experience about 30-40yrs of true democracy and Anti-corruption police, we could have peace and prosperity on the Eurasian plateau.

[@RJ-wx3fh]

*looking like a legitimate political organisation, I think you mean

[@snipermundy170]

I choose to believe Ordinary Things referring to Henry Kissinger as an "Immortal Lich King" reminded death that it forgot to go grab that guy and prompted to get up, stretch and get the one that got away.

[@FishbedMyBeloved]

HE FINALLY DIED?

[@aliothspectranet5678]

@@FishbedMyBeloved yep, news hit just about some 4 or 5 hours after the upload!

[@justelliot4870]

​@@aliothspectranet5678a Christmas miracle!

[@benlubbers4943]

"Aw fuck, knew I'd forgot something." - Death, brushing cheeto dust off his finger bones.

[@marioxzzz]

Love the implication Death itself is a suscriber of this channel

[@malfunctioninggoon5292]

Very surprised you didn't touch on the Carnation Revolution in Portugal in 1974. It was tremendously well-executed by the military, extremely popular, largely bloodless and a rare instance in the 20th century when a successful military coup led to objectively better living conditions for pretty much everyone in the country. Of course there was a period of instability following the revolution with an unsuccessful counter-coup in 1975 along with scattered violence/unrest all over the country, but Portugals transition to democracy was successful.

[@loubaxo9339]

it was also the closest a NATO country ever got to become communist or at least socialist. The Carnation Revolution is really one of the most interesting parts of Portugal's history.

[@sleepingwoke]

Portugal is somehow poorer than Eastern Europe countries. They had communism, what's Portugal excuse?

[@loubaxo9339]

@@sleepingwoke I don't see what you mean by your comment besides looking edgy and annoying, congrats.

[@notxpara0001]

@@sleepingwoke we had a dictator, his name was Salazar. Authoritarian. He preached old values and condemned industrialization. This made it so the population of Portugal was, for the most part, rural, and uneducated. This also meant that, after the revolution in 1974, we were extremely behind in comparison to the world economy, because although we had closed access to our country, and were stockpiling gold, we were producing in a subsistent manner, so we had absolutely nothing to export. It's basically like wearing a gimp suit for 40 years and then taking it off. The suit was uncomfortable, and now you're naked. Let's be real, you could've easily connected the dots on this but you chose to be ignorant.

[@sleepingwoke]

@@notxpara0001 Thanks. I really know almost nothing of Portugal. Fascinating! Also, NO, too many dots and now I connect others. Thnx.

[@dankuser8303]

Thanks for the guide. My school determined that I was the most likely member of my graduating class to overthrow a government, so this will be very useful for my future

[@sirsurnamethefirstofhisnam7986]

If you don’t live up to those random “most likely” awards from high school then you’ve failed your schoolmates, teachers, parents and life in general

[@ItsSnoozeeJB]

and the universe@@sirsurnamethefirstofhisnam7986

[@OrdinaryThings]

Good luck 🎉

[@spraynardkruger6426]

​@@OrdinaryThingswill he need surfshark vpn?

[@stefanondrusek3652]

Same here

[@ArtyTheBasedGod]

WE GETTING ON THE WATCHLIST WITH THIS ONE

[@stuartclifton4764]

HELL YEAH BROTHER

[@asahearts1]

A watchlist for CIA recruitment 😂

[@matuskriska8361]

Luckily most of my government barely knows what KZbin is 😅😅

[@asahearts1]

​@@matuskriska8361My country's government secretly pays KZbinrs, payes KZbin, and threatens social media sites to censor the reporting of subjects which look bad for certain American politicians.

[@thanksmaybe4103]

@@asahearts1I watched 5 mins and now I’m in South America toppling Argentina

[@Gzeebo]

Nobody ever talks about secretarian violence. Fighting amongst your admin staff can be distracting. All it takes is one typo and you're ordering a soup. I'm glad someone is finally highlighting this.

[@scoobertmcruppert2915]

Haha was gonna say something along these lines

[@bane2201]

He was really the only person who could highlight this. If he didn't, then some secretary would've used their highlighter, and they'd _never_ highlight secretarian violence.

[@AleV69692]

Despite being british he made quite a few linguistic and grammatical errors

[@Dogman262]

I said a glass of juice!!!!

[@jacksonlefteye]

@@AleV69692 here comes the "well i'm WORKING CLASS british, my grandfather died in a COAL MINE"

[@JvS1711]

I spent 5 years in Guinea Bissau (West Africa) one of the most politically unstable countries in the world. There was a coup attempt the day before I arrived, 2 attempts and a successful coup while I lived there. Until very recently it was the only country in the world where not a single president had finished his mandate. Just the other day there was shooting between army factions. Edit 1: Omar Bongo passed away just before I went to Gabon for 9 months in 2009, and there were significant rumblings in that time. Edit: for a hilarious French show set in the period of independence struggles, au service de la France is great.

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[@hello-o3i]

What was life like there? Were any of the politicians decent or were they all corrupt?

[@DoomFlavored]

You are, hands down, the only Brit I would trust to make an unbiased video on Anglo-Irish relations

[@user-tm8jt2py3d]

It's kind of heartwarming to see them finally have a reason to be buddies--their very existences.

[@reuben8140]

Yeah gotta be hard finding a self-loathing british KZbinr

[@Shane-ln5zz]

​@@reuben8140That is a strange but definitely true fact, where here in Ireland were mostly self loathing, further research required on why

[@duolingo0552]

Unbiased

[@R_Didsy]

Some of us Craic and Tans are down with the Irish. Your breakfasts are top tier, Blindboy just hit number #12 on the UK book charts, and we've been adopting spice bags. Absolutely beautiful country.

[@JohnDoe-xy5qh]

I COUP MY COUNTRY STEP BY STEP AND NOW YOU'RE TELLING ME I CAN BE COUP'D BACK!! I need a "How to avoid being Coup'd" video... please

[@ngrader]

It's complex. For instance, a popular pre-condition of coup, was your country being in a shithole condition to start with. So after the coup, these shithole country problems still exist. If you could fix these shithole country problems, you wouldn't have resorted to a coup. You'd have fixed the problems and been elevated Gandhi style, then exiled the non-dominant religions to neighboring countries. ... So, probably just go with the tried and true Roman method. Worked for Stalin, Mao, etc. "Rome: Purging fools before it was cool."

[@saschasmith3943]

Edward Luttwak explains how to avoid counter-coups in his book "Coup De Tat"

[@parallel-knight]

@@saschasmith3943yeah but that’s reading. Me need moving book to learn.

[@thesalvager3020]

​@@saschasmith3943You think the kind of people to do a military coup are literate?

[@phroggo2553]

BRUH how do I counter the counter to my counter coup 😔

[@algorythmico]

Excellent guide. I would also like to point out the mexican democratic dictatorship example that lasted for 70 years until 2000. Mario Vargas Llosa said it best: "México is the perfect dictatorship because it doesn't look like one". Democracies can also be manipulated so the power stays in the same hands but at the same time seem a fair enough system for the majority of the population.

[@loopyloon5401]

Singapore's a good example, they've been run by the People's Action Party since their first election as an independent state.

[@ytnukesme1600]

democracy is a failure.

[@LinkoofHyrule]

japan's LDP comes to mind

[@ThatOliveMrT]

The term dynastic democracy comes to mind. There's real examples but for some reason FNV NCR comes to mind

[@algorythmico]

"Patrolling the Mohave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter"

[@konstantinsokolov5068]

Creating a Surfshark ad, that is centered around two people doing a podcast about making a coup is something Tomska would be very proud of

[@machematix]

This is my favourite training part of the entire CIA training curriculum! My team has Indonesia for our assignment and it's going to be tricky. Thanks for providing a great resource! Good luck to all the other CIA operatives seeing this!

[@Ari.Atland]

You guys plan throwing Coups as part of your initiation of becoming a CIA Agent??? Would explain why the CIA is good at overthrowing governments...

[@BeraubtWerden]

Wow you are experienced, can i ask for your help to coup the indonesian government if the 2024 election went shit?

[@captaincolin4774]

Real

[@NordianAdmiral]

Oh no

[@pipipupu5104]

​@@BeraubtWerdenare you from Indonesia

[@MalevolentReflux]

I absolutely love finding high quality channels like this, starting off with an hour long video, amazing!

[@abhieyighanvayo6329]

Me too

[@caverramos7581]

Any ordinary video of less than 30 min is no ordinary video. He is a quality youtuber

[@Justagamerhere1]

Does that mean this video satisfies the algorithm?

[@BamfIamone]

You're lucky, you have dozens of his other quality vids to peruse.

[@OrdinaryThings]

Welcome aboard!

[@thomasxl200]

As soon as you called Henry Kissinger an "immortal lich king" I immediately thought "how funny would it be if Kissinger croaked immediately"

[@checkersenjoyer]

The fact it was a mere seven hours later makes me believe this is a direct joke from God himself

[@EnclosedPoolArea]

Ordinary Things has earned hero status in Vietnam

[@breakerdawn8429]

​@@checkersenjoyerHell now has a new coal generator. Henry Kissinger black coal heart is so concentrated you only need one. Thank you God for making our world brighter.

[@simplyixia3683]

I’ve been developing a fictional story where a coup is instigated by the main character. The story is more character driven, so I hadn’t really gotten around to figuring out the details of the coup itself. This is very helpful research!

[@thierryntoh24]

I think you should read "The Cobra" by Frederick Forsyth. It involves a plot to overthrow the Russian government. Might provide some insight. 🙂

[@thesalvager3020]

"Fictional story" Of course! 😉

[@JustinKlazinga]

Just be careful, very few of the points in this video would be at all plausible in most well-educated first world countries.

[@mcknight-e5c]

i wanna check this story out.

[@filmandfirearms]

@@JustinKlazinga People aren't going to overthrow the government when everything is going fine. A prerequisite for getting the necessary support is societal and economic turmoil. That's why the French generals' coup was such a disaster. Life in France, despite them just having gotten out of a catastrophic war, was getting better every day. No soldier is going to turn against the state, risking his life and lives of everyone he loves, unless the alternative is much worse

[@archernorthrope5585]

Henry Kissinger been real quiet since this dropped

[@mousesunset]

Coincidentally, a week ago I saw this video beside the CNN announcement of Kissinger's death well not side by side but they are on the same screen.

[@cashewnuttel9054]

@@mousesunset Do you think he died while watching this video?

[@mousesunset]

@@cashewnuttel9054 I think his heart loved the video so much that he had a stroke.

[@mawnkey]

Fun fact: the group I ride with had a guy I never met that left and kinda vanished for a while. Next thing we know he shows up in a picture being held at gunpoint in Venezuela or somewhere like that having apparently attempted an armed coup. Ever since then we've had a very tongue-in-cheek documented rule against armed coup attempts. Really puzzles newbies.

[@TheGrinningViking]

You know one of the guys who thought "the bay of stupid pigs" was a good idea? They really brought the Pentagons crap about Venezuela supporting their unelected puppet over Maduro. What dumb wankers. lol

[@aryanram02]

lmao hahahaa "yes you can join our riding group, but sir, have u been or in the future will be a part of a coup? our group has strict policies" hahahah I'm loosing it I cant- 🤣dude just the thought of some new rider being wierded out is insanely hilarious for some bloody reason

[@williambbq]

@@aryanram02 "I was going to join, but they kept asking me about armed coups. They said it was because they're against them, but nobody who's against something brings it up like that..."

[@filmandfirearms]

Considering how many bikers are ex military, he probably went the mercenary route. A surprising amount of American mercs were involved in the Venezuelan coup, and even more got arrested for crimes committed in the US while trying to get there to take part

[@loveless131]

Its just so great to live in a timeline where a channel about ordinary things is talking about coups.

[@RyuKyu.77]

Right after one of the most famous coup d'etat users just died 😭

[@ghostcreeper243]

@@RyuKyu.77nah he’s more of a “coup this coup that” guy

[@charlesgale4257]

who?@@RyuKyu.77

[@kristianharapan5741]

​@@charlesgale4257kissinger died just today

[@brahimdiop5506]

​@@charlesgale4257Henry Kissenger is finally burning in hell

[@MrSpherical]

Bloody excellent video. I'm ready

[@marijnyboy8402]

Hi mr spherical what are you planning?

[@therockking8509]

It's the guy! Who said the things!

[@beetlebg3759]

Hold on, he may be cooking

[@imcommunist]

💀

[@jesusestrada5543]

On the 25th of October 2022, I remember my mom wasn't able to call or text any of our family members in Mexico through WhatsApp. Then my mom told me how no one was able to call or text within the country either, my instant reaction was, "Oh shit, there's a fucking coup." I instantly hopped online to check any news from Mexico, but it turned out WhatsApp just went out globally for that day. So, the part in the guide where you knock out any other forms of communication aside from a select few news networks instantly brought back that memory.

[@lolboi3799]

So something to note, If you want to know If The Military will or could Coup, Check If The National Armed Forces Is Under Civilian control.

[@LancerOfZero]

Let's be real: Ordinary Things came up with the idea for this video, sitting in the Underground at rush hour wondering how he could instigate a coup on Rishi Sunak. Whether or not the Ordinary Regime will prevail, we will see. But even if your reign ends in front of a military tribunal, this masterpiece of a video remains. Cheers!

[@vegetableunderpants]

The Ordinary Regime has a great ring to it. Ruling through a series of sarcastic videos Setting Ordinary curfew hours, Ordinary fiscal policy, Ordinary housing and Labour rights, Ordinary Transport , Ordinary state confiscation of all media, energy, tech and arms industry manufacturing, and food production, Ordinary suppression of dissent, Ordinary Purge, Ordinary defence Strategy, Ordinary conscription, Ordinary Nuclear war.....

[@peterwilson5528]

In Britain, the last attempted coup was in 1381. The British generals are so right-wing they actually had one saying he would mutiny if Jeremy Corbyn would be elected. Imagine trying to coup a state like that.

[@filmandfirearms]

@@-...-zed-...- The only problem is, everyone willing to replace him is even worse. The Tories these days are sometimes even more left than Labour, and I don't know any genuine conservatives who are willing to step up to the plate

[@filmandfirearms]

@@-...-zed-...- Capital C Conservatism is dying out, but true conservative thought is more pervasive than ever. The problem is that it's an ideology that appeals to people who have no interest in taking power, who just want to be left alone to live a normal life in peace. While that is the best attitude to live a happy life, it doesn't translate to political change

[@SEAZNDragon]

I read a book on coups written by two Brits about a decade ago and they started the book with a fictional UK coup. Two things I found interesting: The coupers were UK spec ops using M-16s and the fictional plan made it a point to not harm the queen. Apparently UK spec ops found the M-16 than the standard issued SA80 which I thought odd until I heard how bad the SA80 was. Also UK military swears allegiance to the monarch so harming them is a major no-no but parliament is fair game. Even more interesting while fact checking myself the Royal Navy enlisted didn't have an oath of allegiance until 2006.

[@studioalsar]

About the coup in Turkey: the following day of the coup had a meeting (I think it is called a "supreme military council") scheduled, where many military personnel (high ranking ones especially) were to be retired, laid off or whatever the right term for that is. If they had started the coup attempt merely 3-4 hours later, they could have been successful. But blocking one of the major bridges of Istanbul at around 10-11pm was just broadcasting it. Funnily enough that very week it had been blocked for a short time cause someone wanted to commit suicide or such. So my first thought was "oh another one?" but the military presence was just off. The one night I didnt have a night shift I ended up working night shift (worked in a news outlet)

[@internettevarolanadam]

Weird times

[@dazzlebreak4458]

At the time I thought it was a pseudo coup staged by Erdogan in order to crush opposition and solidify his power when his popularity began wearing off. It was very convenient how he managed to escape an assassination attempt narrowly and how swiftly a lot of people with different backgrounds were arrested.

[@Quallenkrauler]

I remember watching that one live on TV in Germany. It seemed so sloppily done that I couldn't help but wonder if Erdoğan had faked it to show power.

[@GetWarded]

Wasn’t Gülen also involved somehow in the coup?

[@studioalsar]

@@GetWarded oh he was the "head" of all. Thing is his cult has members in all layers of society. Military included. The officers that were to be removed from their posts were members as well, hence the rushing. It is a whole rabbit hole to get down to all the details. I am personally just very glad I got the fuck out of the cult before all hell went loose.

[@laulaja-7186]

The role of religion might be hard to analyse for someone raised in the secular west, but it is always an important calculation for dictators and coup leaders. Iran might be the first case that comes to mind, but Erdogan, Assad, Franco, Marcos, and Zia Ul Haq barely even get the list started.

[@gerardsotxoa]

Franco didn't started the coup or even the military uprising. In Fact Franco was the last general who joined the uprising. The republican (soviet) government was pushing for the war so hard that they sent the best general to Canary islands, and placed the worst and most inept general in charge of Madrid's Garrison.

[@SioxerNikita]

This is actually an interesting point, because Saddam Hussein kept religion in the country, but heavily repressed the power of both the Islamic major factions to ensure none would challenge him. He was strictly anti-terrorism, and - sad to say - an actual stabilizing force for the region.

[@WallNutBreaker524]

Why Include Marcos? Are you Filipino? Cuz if not you're not qualified to talk about that. Edit: I believe this will be an interesting conversation and debate. If whether or not your Filipino, and I being one, and if it wasnt obvious, being one who supports Marcos and saw him not as a dictator but as a benevolent leader who did what he could. Edit2: Most especially if we actually give the Pro-Marcos a chance without saying the same old BS to shut down the whole argument, this 20:54 timestamp reminded me of an Interview with the "Queen Elizabeth" of the Philippines, someone who was alive during the beginning and end of the Marcos Rule, and is alive to this day.

[@SioxerNikita]

@@WallNutBreaker524 Telling anyone they have to be a certain thing to be able to discuss something makes it obvious that you are not worth talking to. Everyone brings perspectives of some kind in areas they are knowledgeable about.... I hope others who see your comment notice the same.

[@AJ-pc9gu]

It's just another part of populism

[@luigiclub]

When the video starts with a disclaimer by an attorney. You know it’s going to be good.

[@007kingifrit]

or you know that the UK isn't a free country anymore

[@ABXYGametime]

​@@007kingifritidk I feel like any place that came from British monarchy induced colonialism, where they ever free?

[@007kingifrit]

@@ABXYGametime no place has ever not engaged in colonialism. it is the natural tendency of all life. it isn't really an ism at all

[@rock3tcatU233]

@@007kingifrit We're going to make it free with the help of this video.

[@anglaismoyen]

​@@007kingifritNo state in history has been amused by talk of coups. As Aquinas said, one of the fundamental principle of the natural law is that everything seeks to continue its own existence.

[@thevillager8339]

"Potential recruits should also be made to assume that their superiors have already been recruited. And as you recruit more members, this will also have the advantage of being true." It's tge little things that make my day

[@VxKaizenix]

Gotta love when ordinary things comes back after a month only to follow up with DETAILED instructions on how to overthrow the government ☠️

[@LegoDork]

Pairs well with CGP Grey's video on the rules for rulers.

[@Avo4929]

This isn't really detailed though, all of these talking points are surface level

[@Puppies03b3eleyyMichaelJackson]

​@@Avo4929ok so can we agree it's a comprehensive theoretical framework which shows the aspects in which you must thoroughly educate yourself in advance of said coup?

[@JohnGardnerAlhadis]

These things are no longer ordinary. I feel cheated.

[@aryanram02]

@@Avo4929 my guy this is as deep as it gets for a normal person who wants to know about how coups work, he isn't actually making coup guides (with v sauce music:) OR IS HE

[@thatoneguy1298]

The Grim Reaper was watching this video and got to the part when you mentioned Henry Kissinger and went "Oh shit, I forgot about that one."

[@RailfanJunction]

Of note! You made mention of generals a lot but to be a bit more granular - A lot of the political science literature on military coups emphasizes the importance of lower ranked officers for a few reasons. Most notable is due to their ability to command the immediate loyalty of their units, while generals are more detached. In addition, as many coups are precipitated by economic problems impacting the living conditions and wages of enlisted/conscripted soldiers and lower ranked officers, there is often more of an economic incentive to act when a government tries to slash budgets. So if you're a colonel stationed near the seat of power and your government just threatened to slash your paycheck, have fun playing with a significantly better stacked deck in your favor!

[@LIETUVIS10STUDIO1]

Yep, there is a reason why often it is the colonels specifically that make or break many coups, or even lead them. Not lieutenants and captains (unless they are bodyguards or SF) - too low to have much autonomy or influence, but rather majors, colonels, who are in charge of these individual units - high enough for autonomy, low enough to still be with their units as opposed to sitting in the Pentagon equivalent.

[@SaberVS7]

Honestly this is sorta scary to think about in the American context of our military budget rising out of control every year while so much Civic and Social Infrastructure is neglected and rotting.

[@randomyoutubebrowser5217]

@@LIETUVIS10STUDIO1 Yup. Majors to Colonels are commanding officers of 500-2000 men fighting units and that is usually where fighting units start to be independent and contain their own support and logistic elements. The individual soldiers of these units would see their commander officers on a daily basis and interact with them on a weekly basis. The officers and senior enlisted in between would assuredly have daily personal interactions with the commanding officers and its not surprising if their families knew each other. Another aspect is that (as far as I know) these ranks would also still be quite close to their fellow officers of similar rank. They would also be relatively recent graduates from staff and command colleges, often some of the last command courses with at least medium sized groups. So these ranks are still very used to working with each other and haven't entirely experienced the "lonely at the top" phenomenon. I can envison that it would be easier for a colonel to build up a brigade level strength by convincing 4-5 of his peer colonels across the armed force than it would be for a brigadier general to convince 4-5 of his subordinate regiments/battalions from selected from only within his brigade.

[@Kraus-]

@@SaberVS7 Good news: The U.S. military forces the troops to relocate every few years so that they don't get too attached to the people in their units.

[@poogle9368]

Slashing budgets does not impact the coop its the destabilisations effects on the real income that the soldiers are making that matters.

[@thespiffingbrit]

Right time to grab the lads from Croydon and go seize the white house for the empire

[@legouniverse8976]

Rule Britannia 🇬🇧🇬🇧⛵🌊

[@ytterbius2900]

We tea drinkers shall be there with you!

[@ReanuKeeves7716]

video idea: the government is perfectly balanced with no exploits whatsoever

[@monkofdarktimes]

He didn't realize what happened right before his attempt. Rip our favorite British. Died because of someone else did a coup already

[@BloodyCrow__]

Now you have to break and exploit real politics and restart the british empire for a video.

[@vladislavshevchenko634]

In the Russian empire before the December coup attempt an officer approached the emperor telling: "My loyalty to you forces me to report that there are plotters planning to kill you, however my officer honor forbids me from naming the plotters, since I gave my honest officer word not to reveal their identities." This way the emperor learnt about the coup in advance, but until the very attempt he didn't know which military units would take place in the coup but some units were sent away from the capital and replaced with new units. One of the rebellious battalions ended up in Ukraine and upon hearing that the coup failed tried to organize a march on St. Petersburg to gather volunteers on the way and release other plotters from captivity. But they were destroyed by the first military unit they tried to sway on their side.

[@TheArklyte]

Nope, just nope. Please provide source on marching troops "being destroyed by first military unit they've met".

[@vladislavshevchenko634]

@@TheArklyte you could search Wikipedia "Chernigov Regiment revolt" they have managed to occupy a few cities and villages, including capturing the regimental HQ,but ultimately lost the first Engagement suffering almost 1000 casualties. So the first unit they encountered destroyed them

[@lucassmith4524]

Ahh, the great thing about this comment is that it doesn't matter if it is true or not. The people who think it's true, believe that. The people who believe it's false, believe that. What one must ask is this: Does a Russian Empire exist? No....Not really. But what is important is thast there are those that DESPERATELY wish that a Russian Empire was not just an idea but real fact. They want to believe it so much that they do, depite whatever evidence to the contrary that may be presented to refute this. Personally, I believe there is a sad old, dying man who has utter and complete control in Russia. The man feels that he is secure in his power, at least for the time being, so he continues this war that has already bled his nation White and brought the world so much closer to true Armageddon than his predecessors ever had. The man has the enivable ability to see past his monumentally bad decisions, and he has brought about a world that actively seeks to see him out of power by just about any means possible. In his attempt to fight NATO, he has strengthend an organizastion that was fractured, broken, and on it's way out . Now, NATO draws strength from new additions as well as a new focus that has united it's efforts to defeat the Russian's once and for all. Even traditionally pacifistic NATO nations are beating their plowshares into swords. The man continues to hope that he can divide NATO as the last thing he does. He knows he cannot win the war in Ukraiine. He is banking on the United States falling apart from all of the clandestine special agents he has working in the states who willl stop at nothing trying to disrupt the American electoral process. He hopes against hope that Trump will do what he has paid him to do: Plunge America into Chaos. The world turns it's attention to the American Election. This time next year the world will know the fate of the insane little man at the head of the Russian state. Maybe, just maybe, he can do the rest of the world a favor and eat a bullet (or maybe someone can force feed him a bullet?

[@Vict0r1984]

​@@lucassmith4524Dude, that comment was about the Decembrist rebellion and the Chernigov regiment revolt in the Russian empire in 1826, not about Putin! 😂 Ofc there WAS a Russian empire, and back then all of Ukraine, as well as the Baltic states, Belarus, Republic of Moldova, Finland, a big chunk of Poland and many other territories were part of it! That was literally the name of the Russian state until 1917 ("The Russian Empire") - this comment is talking about verifiable real history, not speculating on whether the 2023 Russian Federation is an empire or not as you do in your response... 😂

[@myronplatte8354]

@@lucassmith4524 There really was a Russian empire.

[@loneskankster2242]

"President Ali Bongo was drummed out of office..." 10/10

[@losbloontas]

I love how at 10:15 you can see the military guy wearing an NBA jersey under his military garb. Never let a coup get in the way of representing your favorite teams!

[@spingebill8551]

There’s actually a photo of a middle eastern rebel shooting an RPG wearing a Kobe Bryant jersey. Look it up.

[@ZavierG1]

Ah jeez, I clicked on this video to learn how to rebuild my chicken coop but now I've overthrown my local government 🤦

[@SpoopySquid]

Don't you hate it when that happens

[@G_FRE]

A real dick in ceiling fan situation huh

[@riuukover]

that happened to me last week. i hate it when that happens. feel for u bro

[@jaktrak]

Oops

[@outlaworange]

The history books will say your reign was for the birds

[@XER0GRAVITY]

I learned more about coups in the last hour then I ever did in school. Great job!

[@itsKarlDesigns]

Thats crazy to me. 1) lot of those topics were about as briefly touched upon in my history classes when talked about cold war, lot of it is just general knowledge one would gather if they actually cared about these topics one bit. 2) now people who dont actually care will take this video or other similar very simplified, narrative driven entertainment and then pretend its highly factual educational content. Theyll apply this "knowledge" or whatever they have interpreted from this, as they go on with their lives. Itll affect their voting, idealistic approach to life, personal relations etc. Rather than actually go over these topics and learn about it, theyll take whatever narrative they interpreted from this and run with that simplified version. Its an educational in some sense, it should awaken more interest in the topics.. but this is very simplified. Its narrative driven in how it claims to have gone through all the stats, but then only pick and choose where to push the narrative. Eg mostly going on about USA couping democracies and French colonialism as cause for coups in Sahel. It throws up these ideas and very quickly goes over the topic, without any nuance. If I say what I say, im now a colonialist US bootlicker too. People wont care to learn about it, but theyll let their worldview be influenced by this. They dont care about this topic, its just entertainment but regardless it will affect their political decisions to come as well. This is crazy to me. Talk about coups and campaigning for it, I think this kind of fits the theme doesnt it... but its all a joke, right.

[@schizosamurai8840]

@@itsKarlDesigns Much of what you said might just be true, assuming average viewer of this video is an idiot. That being said. It has nothing to do with the statement of "this video has taught me about coups more than school ever did" For example, I went to a gymnasium and we learned pretty much nothing about coups, so while to some degree simplified, this video has contained way more information about the process of a coup than Ive ever been taught through "official" means.

[@The_Evil_Eye]

​​@@itsKarlDesigns Sounds like something a colonialist US bootlicker would say. I half-joke

[@nilesloughlin6845]

⁠​⁠@@itsKarlDesignsI think the tension comes from the video presentation being entertainment-oriented in its goal of appealing to a broad viewership, while also attempting to position a very serious political phenomenon and all of its implications in a way that can be plausibly deniable in how it affects what people come away from it with. While I find the angle of “oh yea this treasonous speak is all hypothetical and alleged it’s all a joke haha” quite tiresome, I think the intention of it is done well here. Or at the very least, it must be done in order to be discussed at all. To present this introductory information in somewhat of a serious or lecturing format would open it up to attacks and claims of purposefully inciting something. While I do find the video entertaining, and I have enough background education in PolySci to know these are merely great jump-off points to further nuanced studies of specific regional events, I think it’s as successful as it can be in balancing an engaging presentation of legitimately serious information that some people may not know about and the necessity of parodying itself in order to not be hit with Fair Use claims.

[@eon6274]

@@itsKarlDesigns I grew up in south Texas in the early 2000s and we were NEVER taught about a single coup. Hell, they even sent out parent signing slips in middle school for parental permission to teach about other world religions in social studies.

[@Lord-Pierre]

Valkyrie is funnily enough a pretty good movie on how a coup works ( and can fail) You have the assassination of the leader, taking key points, using military units to arrests loyalists, trying to bluff that they had wider support, etc

[@r.s.bystander8913]

As always, a beautifully put together prompt/tutorial for the next leg of DND campaigns

[@MoltinSmith]

You know the ordinary things video is going to be good when it has a nice legal disclaimer at the beginning

[@cyberdemon7612]

“Immortal Lich King, Henry Kissinger” aged surprisingly well in only a few hours 😭

[@MarcusPausDamsgaard]

A very digestible and easy-to-understand video - brace yourself, Denmark!

[@unoriginaljames]

This is literally the best content on the internet. Thank you for all the hard work and research, super excited for your super villain arc.

[@OrdinaryThings]

You have accurately predicted the tone for the next few videos I have in mind

[@elevationsickness8462]

This video is phenomenal. The production value, the research, the humor, the call to action. Perfecto

[@usec32]

"the call to action" 💀

[@EEEEEEEE]

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[@DrTssha]

well, -1 point for not knowing how to pronounce Junta, but that's an understandable error if you're just reading about them. Otherwise, top notch video! 👍

[@LastNameTom]

Dude, the thing I absolutely HATE about your videos is that they end. Doing a great job my man! Great job!

[@freddekl1102]

About AK 47 kinda a shame you didn't go with "it's so easy to use that even a child can operate it. Matter of fact, many children do" from this one movie with Nicolas Cage

[@kaksikymmenta3]

Generalissimo Tequilla y Mota finally found the book he was looking for, the one that was as precise and pragmatic about running a country as Luttwak’s Coup d’Etat had been about seizing one. It was called The Prince and its author was a subtle Italian named Machiavelli; it told the Generalissimo everything he wanted to know-except how to handle American hydrogen bombs, which, unfortunately, Machiavelli had lived too soon to foresee.

[@big_sea]

yes

[@MeanBeanComedy]

Uh-oh... I just read that recently and started getting ideas...

[@rumpelstilzz]

@@MeanBeanComedy For more recent information I do recommend reading Major Hans von Dach.

[@anonimanonim2710]

Nono! He foresaw them alright! Cross-reference his Republic

[@MrEdwardElrik]

Youve revealed Kissengers secrets, thus undoing his ties to this earthly realm, and sending him rocketing back to the deepest holes of hell

[@petersmythe6462]

Note that popular revolts are actually far MORE bloody and body strewn than coups. Successful coups usually involve people with some power wanting more, and are usually operations of stealth and surgical precision moreso than all out warfare. Popular revolts telegraph their attack but can open the door to a much broader range of actors than a coup can. A coup could well be as simple as a sudden show of force with some orders given to defensive troops by a sympathetic general to stand down, resulting in the kidnapping of the president and the reorganization of the government. The beauty and terror of a coup is that nobody has to die, and that means it can happen with far less warning than something like a popular revolution, which can end up with both sides losing... sky's the limit.

[@kaleboppenheimwhite3929]

Sure, in an isolated sense. I can think of a number of coups (especially foreign backed coups) that resulted in pretty extreme cullings of elements of the civilian population or the political class

[@Didyouknowthatiexist]

Henry Kissinger watched this video and realised he forgot to die

[@abdallaawad4636]

Great video. I am from Egypt. You greatly simplified what happened. Basically, after the revolution in 2011, there were two organized political powers in Egypt: the military and the Muslim Brotherhood. The people voted for the Islamists because they were a part of the revolution and the square. After the coup, there were three factions: People who supported the brotherhood. People who supported the coup. People who hated them both. Sisi and the military faced a lot of challenges and protests. Many massacres were committed against the people. Rabaa and El-Nahda were the worst(about 1000 people were murdered in broad daylight in the streets of Cairo in 12 hours). The 2014 elections, even though Sisi's opponent supported him, would have been much closer if they were free, but they were rigged. The main opposition was literally getting murdered or imprisoned. For context, 60K to 100K political prisoners since 2013, we don't know the real number. Many didn't stand trial, and many were killed in prison. It's totally different and much more bloodier than Ghana than you let on. I would also recommend reading about the 1952 and 1954 coups in Egypt. They inspired the rest of the coups in the region (mainly Iraq, Libya, Yemen, and Morroco).

[@differentdreamer7317]

It's leaving out a large part of it

[@ytterbius2900]

Bro, be careful out there ✊️ You never know who's listening and watching...

[@mjfan653]

Thames for the info, I didnt even know that the egyptian coup was so bloody. Now I’ll have to deepdive and read more about it, from the western perspective even the “serious” news is often very cynical and basically only gives info about whether the place is safe for tourism or not, giving No regards to the wellbeing of the local population.

[@onewayraildex4827]

That sounds super rough, I feel so lucky to live in a part of the world where if someone disagrees with me, they will try to use words to convince me rather than use weapons to force me to switch to their side.

[@abdallaawad4636]

@@mjfan653 I would recommend "into the hands of soldiers" by David kirkpatrick as a start great book.

[@Sloppenstein]

very happy content like this is being made in an easily digestible and entertaining format. rewind time even a decade and talking about stuff like this made family or freinds look at you weird. This kind of information should be taught in schools

[@Caldera01]

12:56 "Immortal Lich King Henry Kissinger" Ohhh, the irony. KISSINGER'S DEAD BABY!!!

[@kekero540]

One thing i love about roman history is that the empire was basically a Junta and you see a lot of the patterns here repeated throughout roman history

[@topasworld2538]

I unfortunately didn't win the elections from your election guide. I belive I didn't follow one of the instructions correctly. I shall now learn from my mistakes by following this one more closely!

[@bongibot1104]

The French exception might be a good revisit for you then

[@ChatGPT_ChatbotTest]

POV trump

[@Penultimate1785]

​@@ChatGPT_ChatbotTest ayooo chat gpt 🗿

[@thepioneer1525]

​@@ChatGPT_ChatbotTesttrumps search history: "How to win an election" "How to prove a election was fake" "How to start a riot" "How to perform a successful assassination" "How to overthrow the government"

[@miniwheatz100]

I appreciate the effort put in with the costumes / sets / green screen.

[@Emancipatriot]

It’s always nice to get a new Ordinary Things video. It makes the day special! Hoping we get a 2023 wrap up video next

[@felixkarl2522]

When I heard the news from Bolivia, I had the urge to rewatch this amazing video.

[@uriahmiller2501]

At 12:55 You called Henry kissinger an immortal lichking and now he's dead. You did the world a solid with this one.

[@jentaro]

Always sharp and witty. This is the longform content which KZbin was meant for, I feel. Cheers.

[@styxrakash4639]

Little something for you guys. At @33:25 ish when the tanks all start up their engines at once. This is a legitimate procedure that armored units use around the world. The purpose is to obscure your numbers. Armored vehicles are LOUD. If your whole unit starts up their engines one at a time anyone within miles can audibly COUNT an accurate estimate of your forces.

[@SioxerNikita]

That was specifically a parade though, so it was done for parade purposes.

[@willothewild]

5:31 "Corruption? In MY C.I.A.-sponsored ally? It happens more often than you'd think."

[@danielschult4107]

43:04 In Germany the problem is, that the Brodcasters are spread out all over the country. Two of the largest are located in Hamburg and Mainz and not in Berlin

[@SlapstickGenius23]

Strange. I think it has to do with much of the German west being richer than much of the country’s eastern part.

[@dr.kasimirmosebusch9575]

​@@SlapstickGenius23 No it is more about the federal System in Germany. The States Media is quite decentralizest and even has two Main Senders - ARD and ZDF. ARD in Berlin and ZDF in Mainz. But regional Television also plays a huge role. Even if you might Control the Main outlets - the regional Senders like the BR, NDR or MDR still could send countering messages. And there is still the big privat RTL Media Group in Collonge. Trying to enforce a Coup the Etat in Germany would be a logistical nightmare. You need to Control not only the capital - but the majority of federal capitals as well.

[@danielschult4107]

@SlapstickGenius23 Yes, kinda. Most modern german media were founded in the West. Almost no east german outlets except local newspaper survived the reunification

[@RomanHistoryFan476AD]

Well you have to take them also then.

[@crazydinosaur8945]

@@danielschult4107 really, i can't imagine why the old government controlled broadcasters linked to and controlled by an authoritarian regime, wouldn't thrive in a post authoritarian country....

[@thewoogs]

I always imagined if you control the army, that's pretty much like 90% of the Coup. Staying in power is the really hard part.

[@arthas640]

true. That's a major reason for civil control of the military and why most countries divide up control of the military. Like with the US not only are there multiple theaters around the globe but also different branches with different responsibilities while many military coup leaders mainly just have a singular military or a single branch that made up most of the military. That's also why some countries try not to keep much of the military in the capital/largest city. That cotrol of the military is also why i laugh when people claim the Jan 6 riot was an "attempted coup". Even if Trump had lead a charge to the capital and declared himself president for life the secret service and capital police would have just booted him out, and even if he had the capital police or secret service on his side the other group would have booted him out, and even if he cast a magic Trump spell to get both of them on his side he'd still need to worry about the US military removing him, his followers, the DC police, and Secret Service out, and if the military sat things out he'd still need to worry about the FBI who are headquartered nearby (by American standards).

[@fenrirgg]

​@@arthas640it's more commonly called "the Capitol assault", isn't it?

[@arthas640]

@@fenrirgg it's got like 30 different names. I hear "Jan 6 riot", "Jan 6 riot", and "Jan 6 insurrection" a lot depending on the bias of the person talking about it. Personally I prefer to use "Jan 6 riot" since it was obviously a lot more violent and chaotic then a mere protest but "insurrection" or "coup" go a bit far. "Riot" also fits the best I think since it was total chaos: watch a lot of the footage and you see a lot of the people storming the Capitol walking around aimlessly, looking lost and police/guards trying to corral trespassers like they're herding cats. You can tell most of the people there had no clue what they were doing, like they showed up for the protest, got carried away, never expected to actually get into the building, and are trying to figure out what to do. Most look more like partiers who got lost at a festival then any kind of insurrectionist or coup participants since those require at least some level of coordination and planning, but riots can "succeed" by getting a crowd riled up enough.

[@punishedgloyperstormtroope8098]

I think the coup is the hardest Depends on the coup Does it have popular support? Which foreign powers support it? Have you consolidated power? Is it junta or civilian government? How many people are in a position to coup you. Do you live in a violent and chaotic country like Niger or a civil obedient peaceful disciplined and orderly country like Germany?

[@punishedgloyperstormtroope8098]

@@arthas640it’s definitely a riot and not an insurrection it wanted to apply pressure. It had no organisation it was decentralised and chaotic They had no weapons or realistic means to even attempt to preform a coup.

[@x-munk]

The timing on this video was insane... Kissinger died out of shock when ordinary things dropped his guide.

[@ojaschahal1599]

The Bolivian General should have seen this video

[@cfcblue8]

seems like he made the same mistakes as Turkey 2016, went in too loud way too soon, couldn't control the traffic, and didn't fully cut off communication allowing the government to mobilize public support

[@doob195]

​@cfcblue8 He also didn't have the loyalty of the soldiers, not even the confused "just following orders" kind. The way I heard it they turned on him when they realised they'd been ordered to do a coup.

[@cfcblue8]

@@doob195 I’m guessing he didn’t campaign and make a name for himself either.

[@eldersun5110]

As a guy from Bolivia I can tell you something. Despite our long history of coups this one is undoubtedly the goofiest of all. It was such a clownshow that a large part of the population is convinced that it was orchestrated by the president himself to garner popular support. It was that bad.

[@lev_n]

Transition from "Dont send anyone to my bloody house" to "Let's start a coup" is too much whiplash, its hilarious

[@Alex-cw3rz]

13:24 the truckers strike is also significant because to reduce the strain of the strike the Chilean government used a computer called Project Cybersyn, to work out the best way to use the trucks that weren't on strike and it was successful. This is the first and only implementation of a cyberocracy.

[@MisterFoxton]

If that's your standard for a cyberocracy then all developed nations today fit the bill.

[@Alex-cw3rz]

@@MisterFoxton no they don't, look up Project Cybersyn, it's not just a computer or it would not be cyberocracy

[@supercellodude]

Computer management of company assets is common. Doing it for a near-developed South American country's entire economy is not so common then or now

[@_Tp__]

that was sick

[@Kazanov1936]

Was never a ciberocracy. It's was interesting, but never widespread

[@Smirnaffskiy]

12:56 "Immortal Lich King Henry Kissinger" Henry Kissinger: *fucking dies the next day after this video*

[@apinakapina]

The capital being surrounded by water like Helsinki is a two-edged sword. If the Finnish president was residing in their official palace/castle (which they may not actually do besides special events) or their official dwelling (not sure about that either) they'd have like two hundred meters to hop into a boat. Same goes for the security forces, they'd also arrive faster you can say "Nordic corruption is the best in the world". The water is not an obstacle to them, having speed boats and helicopters in their disposal. In Helsinki there's even tunnels to some islands. Sure, you could maybe delay the conventional army a bit, but that's probably just delaying the outcome.

[@vladtheinhaler5601]

Voin vaan kuvitella kuinka Suomen intti-jonnet yrittäisi vallata koko maan.

[@AammaK]

Feels both illegal to watch and seriously awesome for some kickass worldbuilding in a writing assignment, too bad I don't have any Also, this is genuinely more information on power struggles around the globe than I ever got in school, and my history teachers were actually decent. So good job!

[@arthas640]

CGP Grey has a couple similar, awesome videos

[@aryanram02]

wouldnt trust that guy, veryveryvery america centric@@arthas640

[@laurivirtanen8636]

Thanks for this. I was getting cold feet about my coup attempt but now i fancy my chances.

[@Trapperx89]

Shout-out from Bolivia! Couldn't have done it without your training video.

[@laonu785]

Fue un autogolpe, tremendo show se mandaron. Básicamente Arce mandó a Zúñiga (ex comandante del ejército) a que saque a los blindados y así poder recuperar un poco de popularidad. Para que puedas entender bien la situación debes entender que Bolivia se está adentrando a una enorme crisis económica, la cual el gobierno hizo esfuerzos casi nulos para evitar. Actualmente la situación es sumamente complicada, por que a su vez se tiene que recalcar que a pesar de que Arce pertenezca al MAS IPSP (partido de Evo) ambos llevan desde hace un tiempo de una relación de enemistad que llevó a que el partido se fragmente en dos alas: la ala arcista y la ala evista. Ahora bien, respecto a lo que sucedió hoy, se podría decir que Arce intentó realizar un autogolpe para poder limpiar su imagen algo que sin duda logró pues por lo menos en las redes sociales montón de cuentas extranjeras están hablando de su increíble hazaña al haberse enfrentado cara a cara con el golpista. Pero eso no quita que para la población boliviana lo de hoy no haya sido más que un circo increíble tratando de desviarnos la atención de todo lo pésimo que ha hecho este gobierno hasta ahora, respondiendo a tu pregunta de si este “golpe” fue apoyado popularmente yo te diría que depende, muchísima gente enserio confío en que hoy se acababa el gobierno de Arce y apoyó las acciones militares, pero a su vez hubo otro grupo grande que veía esta acción como lo peor que podría pasar por el momento que atraviesa el país. En resumen, la política boliviana es bastante compleja al nivel de que la respuesta puede variar según la visión de cada boliviano, más sin embargo estoy seguro que la mayoría te diría que lo de hoy no fue más que un circo de nuestra precaria política que no hace nunca más que ser una fuente increíble para todo tipo de memes. Entiendo que desde el extranjero quizás les haya llegado otras noticias. Espero que este pequeño resumen te haya servido de algo.

[@thesalvager3020]

55:54 I'd argue Alexander the Great also did all three of these. Not with an election mind you, but he took over all the Greek city-states, the people were loyal enough to him that they built him a large tomb in Alexandria (and named the city after him), and after he was done he moved East through Persia to India. EDIT: After thinking on it some more, I can also add Cleopatra to the list. She won Egypt from her brother Ptolemy XIII after a civil war, was popular enough with the people to rule through her younger brother Ptolemy XIV and her son Caesarian, and since Egypt joined the Roman Empire they naturally went and invaded elsewhere because that's what the Romans do.

[@spacelemming4493]

Alexander the great also removed his brother (infant) from power and forced the Macedonian elite to join him or meet the same fate

[@chriswalker7408]

I think he’s differentiating between a Coup and a Civil War, as there’s a lot of examples of someone winning a civil war and then rigging an election and invading somewhere else.

[@RexOedipus.]

​@@spacelemming4493philip? He wasnt an infant. He had the intelligence of an infant but he wasnt an infant

[@oleroder5706]

Was Cleopatras coup organized/funded by her? I have genuinely no idea, but it sounds to me like it could've been a banana republic type situation by Rome in order to increase influence.

[@thesalvager3020]

​@@oleroder5706Cleo's coup was entirely her own up to the Battle of the Nile. She did get the support of Pompey and his navy, but when they actually showed up Ptolemy killed them all and decapitated Pompey to try and impress Caeser to his side. Ultimately that blew up in his face as even though Caeser and Pompey were in a civil war, he still respected Pompey enough that having him brutally killed and mutilated by a foreign ruler was a big no-no. Rome honestly really only got involved in the Ptolemaic Civil War when Cleopatra did the whole carpet thing to meet Caeser and Ptolemy got so upset at him siding with his sister-wife that he ordered the troops to burn Caeser's fleet. Then his advisors Pothinus the Eunuch and Septimius the Gabiniani decided trying to seize the throne through force was a good idea and subsequently got rekt by Rome.

[@mitchs2148]

This is great mate. Hilarious. I love the mixture of history, comedy and research. So good. Bravo!

[@werewolf74]

Your content is seriously top notch. This channel is criminally underrated.

[@what_theactual1984]

Swan Lake music in the background must be THE most underrated reference ever!

[@geeekaaay5425]

The most important step was overlooked: get an ally in the interior minister position.

[@heroboomstudios1042]

Wow this is quite well produced! This sounds like a cool video game.

[@ANunes06]

If ascii graphics don't turn you off, the cool video game you're imagining is called Liberal Crime Squad. I once managed to take over a radio station with a small army of radicals wearing balaclavas and carrying guitars who turned the security guards to my side with the power of Rock and Roll. Then they kidnapped and ... re-educated ... one of the station anchors before releasing him back into the wild as a sleeper agent. LCS. WE NEED A SLOGAN!

[@xliquidflames]

21:02 There's a really fantastic movie from 2006 called The Last King of Scotland about Uganda in 1971. Forrest Whitaker plays Idi Amin and James McAvoy's character is a doctor from Scotland doing relief work in Uganda and becomes Amin's personal physician. It's a really good movie.

[@bag1856]

Where did the 2023 recap video go?

[@ogtinywhale]

Giggled at your joke about undying Kissinger and almost immediately got a notification about his death. The timing is incredibly hilarious.

[@Ardoy9761]

I don't know if I should be more concerned that this is an hour long tutorial or the fact it already has nearly 300k views after 10 hours.

[@alexandersiebert4302]

the views...

[@alexpascal5403]

@@alexandersiebert4302hey Alex. It’s not the viewers views. It’s the views of this guy here. I’m sure the British fbi are looking into this.

[@Boolsrealm]

This has probably been said before, but anytime Ordinary Things posts I am simultaneously filled with dread and excitement

[@beagoodone1771]

Out of all the impressively researched, cleverly written, sufficiently filmed and well edited highlights in this fascinating 58 Minute insight in the world of Coups, the thing that will remain most prominent to me will the sentence "And I heard he was screwing the cabin boy in the poop deck".

[@joshuamitchell5018]

Don't let this coup guide distract from the fact is that In Antarctica there are 21 million penguins and in Malta there are 502,653 inhabitants. So if the penguins decide to invade Malta, each Maltese will have to fight 42 penguins.

[@Morocco_Mo]

Ordinary Things has to be forklift certified. It takes some massive balls to drop this absolute risky banger of a video.

[@mamimoo7764]

12:54 INCREDIBLE upload timing with this one. He’s finally looking up at us in peace 💖

[@crazydinosaur8945]

see what you did there

[@Empyric]

This has gradually become one of my favourite videos on KZbin

[@vegamineral207]

I like how the day this video where he calls Kissenger the "immortal lich king" came out is the same day that Kissenger died lol

[@bmobmo6438]

You know a video is going to be good when it starts with a 30 second disclaimer from a lawyer

[@aghastlyghost]

Anyone else surprised he has a lawyer?

[@appleparts5592]

Love this video. Fantastic analogies, fun props, well-researched information presented in a fun and mildly threatening way, you are awesome.

[@lllIIIlIllIIll]

Alright KZbin, you've been recommending me this video for the last month. Fine, I'll watch it.

[@BaqTalk]

Love that little rendition of "The Ants go marching" in the background.

[@filmandfirearms]

It's "When Johnny Comes Marching Home". It's an old American war song

[@tadichaguyo290]

This is valuable lessons to get rid of dictatorship.

[@MDTako]

shame that coups lead to ever harsher dictatorships.

[@evanthomass]

This is incredibly astute and stylised. I mean, it should be obvious that the military is powerful, but this brilliant analysis and presentation of assets. Really pulled it into focus for me.

[@VikTheGreat360]

that smashcut from disclaimer into racking the bolt on an AKM is pure gold lmao