Edit:a lot to say here. But i will just say i see this tactic as futile, and as you say, the corrupters soon invade and take control.
i concur with your saying <<The power more often than not is kept out of the peoples' hands in these coups.>>
addendum, i have a motto, allow them to destroy themselves, just be there and ready, to give the collapsing towers of powers a little push to fall over completely.
The bizarre aspect of the Bush regime and that of the neo-cons, they are moving down a pathway of their own destruction,imo
He played his video game night and day.
The MAZE of Death.
But that is the game we all are in, the trick, don't believe it.Get above it all and imagine nothing is what it seems.Kill the machine.otraque