The opponents of perestroika had suffered a defeat, and then they organized the coup.
Before the military coup in Chile, we had the idea that military coups happen in Banana Republics, somewhere in Central America. It would never happen in Chile. Chile was such a solid democracy. And when it happened, it had brutal characteristics.
Many of these people who shout that they don't tolerate coups have a history of taking part in coups themselves.
What happened in Russia in 1917 wasn't a revolution - it was a coup d'etat.
Miracles are God's coups d'etat.