On Fri, 31 Aug 2001 jamesd@echeque.com wrote:
A revolution involves mass participation, and widespread spontaneous defiance of state authority.
A revolution is when one part of a populace takes up arms against another part of the populace. The argument is over who gets the final say. It's worth saying that there are actually a wide range of shades to this word (eg rebellion v revolt v mutiny).
A coup involves a tiny little secretive conspiracy.
A coup is the sudden overthrow of a government by force. It may be by a small fraction or a large one.
A coup is announced,
Yeah, when the guns start going off...
a revolution experienced.
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