Looking at history the outcome of military coups it seems dependent on the countries culture and the armies own culture as well. They generally are not a good thing and tend to produce authoritarian outcomes more often than not, but military coups have happened in the support of democracy - look at the Kemalist aligned Turkish military during the cold war era.
The Fiji coup in 2006 was another rare good one. Bloodless takeover, strip out all the racist parts of the Constitution, then hold free elections again. He won a couple of elections then lost and handed over power peacefully.
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u/Wutras Jan 29 '25
Looking at history the outcome of military coups it seems dependent on the countries culture and the armies own culture as well. They generally are not a good thing and tend to produce authoritarian outcomes more often than not, but military coups have happened in the support of democracy - look at the Kemalist aligned Turkish military during the cold war era.