A self-coup, is a form of coup d'état in which a political leader, having come to power through legal means, increases their own power illegally through the actions of themselves or their supporters.[ The leader may dissolve or render powerless the national legislature and unlawfully assume extraordinary powers.
Unlike a traditional coup d'état where an outside group like the military removes the executive, a self-coup is initiated from within the existing government, often by undermining or subverting other branches of government or electoral outcomes.
Other measures may include annulling the constitution, suspending civil courts, and having the head of government assume dictatorial powers.
In the case of the American Civil War, the USA was an international union of 34 (originally 13) states, which were separate sovereign nations; with each such sovereign nation being supremely ruled by its respective electorate, or "people"
While there were disputes over state vs. federal power, and threats of state secession; by the mid-1800's, this union which was facing increased threats of usurpation; with this officially starting under the Jackson Administration precedent of legislating provision for federal military force against the individual states, under the fabricated historical claim that it had always been a national union:
And this followed some 24 years later, by threats to exercise such force against seceding states:
And so when states seceded from the Union on the basis of their respective national sovereignty:
Then the Lincoln Administration fabricated more history, in order to legally authorize his prior threatened actions:
And so the Lincoln Administration engaged a self-coup against the 34 sovereign nations which were the American states, seizing power and claimed national sovereignty, under the false pretense of "suppressing insurrection and saving the nation."
And so, the government officials illegally usurped supreme national authority, from the voters of each state as a sovereign nation; to the government officials of a single covert totalitarian regime-- and through them, to the Crony Capitalists who profited most from the takeover.
Meanwhile true popular democracy (i.e. final power in the hands of state voters), became a facade of consensual government, under "indirect democracy" of sheer ultimatum in choosing supreme rulers.
Accordingly, the evidence appears to conclusively demonstrate that there was indeed no "civil war," which by definition occurs between citizens of the same sovereign nation; but a self-coup over an international union, to claim a national union where none existed in reality.
Unlike a traditional coup d'état where an outside group like the military removes the executive, a self-coup is initiated from within the existing government, often by undermining or subverting other branches of government or electoral outcomes.
Other measures may include annulling the constitution, suspending civil courts, and having the head of government assume dictatorial powers.
In the case of the American Civil War, the USA was an international union of 34 (originally 13) states, which were separate sovereign nations; with each such sovereign nation being supremely ruled by its respective electorate, or "people"
While there were disputes over state vs. federal power, and threats of state secession; by the mid-1800's, this union which was facing increased threats of usurpation; with this officially starting under the Jackson Administration precedent of legislating provision for federal military force against the individual states, under the fabricated historical claim that it had always been a national union:
And this followed some 24 years later, by threats to exercise such force against seceding states:
And so when states seceded from the Union on the basis of their respective national sovereignty:
Then the Lincoln Administration fabricated more history, in order to legally authorize his prior threatened actions:
And so the Lincoln Administration engaged a self-coup against the 34 sovereign nations which were the American states, seizing power and claimed national sovereignty, under the false pretense of "suppressing insurrection and saving the nation."
And so, the government officials illegally usurped supreme national authority, from the voters of each state as a sovereign nation; to the government officials of a single covert totalitarian regime-- and through them, to the Crony Capitalists who profited most from the takeover.
Meanwhile true popular democracy (i.e. final power in the hands of state voters), became a facade of consensual government, under "indirect democracy" of sheer ultimatum in choosing supreme rulers.
Accordingly, the evidence appears to conclusively demonstrate that there was indeed no "civil war," which by definition occurs between citizens of the same sovereign nation; but a self-coup over an international union, to claim a national union where none existed in reality.
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