A 2016 study categorizes coups into four possible outcomes:[18]
Failed coup
No regime change, such as when a leader is illegally shuffled out of power without changing the identity of the group in power or the rules for governing
Replacement of incumbent dictatorship with another
Ouster of the dictatorship followed by democratization (also called “democratic coups”)
Mostly I don’t think it’s a coup because it was violent demonstrations by popular opposition that convinced Morales to resign. The final stroke was the military and national police telling him that they wouldn’t suppress demonstrations anymore after electoral shenanigans were revealed and that a peaceful solution would be better.
If you believe that I think that then you don’t know the first thing about me.
I didn’t actually think you believed that. But in this case, I’m genuinely curious what you think Morales’ options were given his situation.
That rules out a lot of de facto and de jure coups.
I’m an anarcho-communist, or close to one. I actively try to avoid ending up in his situation, whether it be in 2006 or 2019. If I were in Bolivia my political allegiance would be with Fejuve.
Following principles of counterpower/dual power, the least dangerous option was Evo Morales. That doesn’t mean he wasn’t dangerous, just that the alternative was more damaging to Fejuve, and our shared goals.
tl;dr version: I wouldn’t have been elected in the first place, by my own choice.
