by flipped do you mean throw someone under the bus to save his own skin
if these coup plotter don't do time, the republic is toast
we'll all be arguing over what flavor of dictator is best
-the one where you're safe and cozy and don't have to think as long as you do what you're told
-the one where the technocrats decide what you can and can't say so that no nasty thoughts are able to pollute a docile world
-the one where all the people who grew up in decent families with loving parents and enough to eat are browbeaten into saying they have somehow committed a crime against the less fortunate
-the one where the military keeps order in the streets while everyone else is afraid to go out