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MEBRO
07/02/26 · 2:25 PM UTC · 12 SOURCES
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“After a successful coup, new dictators typically purge the revolutionaries who helped them gain power and instead employ underlings from the previous regime.”
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TL;DR ·Dictators often purge allies to consolidate power while retaining existing military and administrative structures.
Research indicates that dictators frequently purge the elites who helped them seize power because those individuals have demonstrated a willingness and ability to overthrow an incumbent, posing a direct threat to the new leader's consolidation of power . While these former allies are targeted, dictators often avoid purging the broader coercive apparatus (the military and administrative underlings) of the previous regime because the costs are too high; these established groups are necessary for navigating outsider threats and maintaining stability . Academic sources distinguish between coups, which are typically elite-led and merely replace top leadership , and revolutions, which involve mass uprisings and systematic social change . Because coups are often executed by the military—involved in an estimated 96 percent of attempts —much of the previous system and its personnel remain in place after the top figure is removed . While the claim accurately describes the strategic logic of power consolidation, it uses the term revolutionaries, whereas most sources clarify that coup-plotters are typically government or military elites rather than participants in a popular revolution .
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