> A real, non-sad coup would have sent the military in there to support the crazies, or at the very least, a quasi-organized counterforce which could set up som

> A real, non-sad coup would have sent the military in there to support the crazies, or at the very least, a quasi-organized counterforce which could set up some defensible position. Instead, we got maniacs looting the speaker's podium. That's not the only way to succeed. Occupying the Capitol alone would indeed not have done anything. If they had managed to prevent the certification of the vote, however, and thrown the question to the House, that's success. (unlike usual votes, the one for this is one-vote-per-state in the House, yes US democracy is organized fucking cray-cray).