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A democratic election without using violence to force a result is by definition not a coup.

It is ok to not like the result, but don't misappropriate words for it, thus diluting their meaning. Words having concrete meanings are important for reasonable discourse.

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I think they're referring to the unelected people doing illegal things completely unchecked (currently)?

Also elected people doing illegal and unconstitutional things, repeatedly.

Yes, and that.

Violence is not inherent to the definition of a coup, and Elon Musk, who is not a government official, who has no official status in the government, has taken direct control of the Treasury's payment systems. An unelected billionaire has illegally and unconstitutionally taken control of the United States government.

That is a coup, plain and simple.

There are already thousands of unelected government workers that already have control over these government systems. I understand it is different that one person now has access to them all now, but the unelected part of this story I think is a nothing burger.

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