Imagine having a giant mob willing to march and take the fucking capitol, doing it while the police supported you and the army looked to their bellies, and not even getting concesions out of it. WORSE: your movement and party is shitting itself after it.
I really believe they could have pulled something IF Trump wasn't Trump.
I think coups tend to be appeals to—or at least, reliant on—often outside, higher authorities (eg, when the US gives its blessing to various coups over the ages).
But trump overturning an election appeals to a pretty fringe part of the US power structure; there is basically no support for this sort of thing where it matters.
I dunno, maybe I’ve got the wrong idea about how coups work
Is. This is not a video game. To capture the capital does not trigger a "win". It is only a building. The power inside does not come from it.
The power of the United States comes from capital and military. To take power they must be defeated or must support. The power of a president come from these, and can not oppose or defeat them. Capital do not need a coup. The military do not.
To take power there must be organisation to contest and told topple the current power. The elected heads are not current power alone, they are just chosen to use it.
And a lot of people realized this. A lot of our normal daily lives to an extend depends on the fetishization of the institutions and their buildings. Suddenly it turned out that this massive symbol is just another rather disappointing building, and that the ruling people arent as far away and as safe as youd imagnie. This alone has power as it is eroding a lot of the stories that keep things peaceful. Now a lot of people suddenly realize that its all made up and they have the power to do a lot.
Yes, agree, corporations really don't care if it's Trump or Biden.