Edit: By “overthrow” I mean an actual attempt to topple the government, not wandering around aimlessly in a building for 4 hours stealing furniture.

If you actually oppose power you would almost certainly be FBI’d long before you could ever get to a position where you could conceivably stage a coup.

Being barred from election is a very quaint punishment for leading a failed coup.

  • Saeculum [he/him, comrade/them]
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    6 months ago

    Life peers have the closest thing to no political power at all. The Lord's only purpose these days is to delay legislation and force review of bills.