EPISODE 115 | Cuckoo Coups in the U.S.

Alarmist rhetoric has been used multiple times in America’s past with the express intent of fomenting a rebellion or even a coup. The game is to create a sense of urgency in the hopes that enough people will commit to extreme actions, so you can get what you want (which is power).

According to Wikipedia, there have been 13 coup attempts in the United States since it won its independence from the British crown, plus an additional 29 rebellions and well, lots of moments of civil unrest. Things are not always happy and peaceful in the Land of the Free. Often because some people don’t think everyone should, in fact, be free. 

Here's a look at those that occurred before the 20th century.

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1. 02:54 - Early Daze - Bacon's Rebellion, Virginia (1676); the Newburgh Conspiracy (1783) and George Washington's spectacles, the Pennsylvania Mutiny (1783)

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Lapsus Linguae: At 33:44, I say the Wilmington Insurrection was also in the 1880s, but it was not.

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