eli5 How does a coup d’etat actually work?

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Basically title, because I saw an article from BBC that a few people tried to seize power in Germany. Do they get the power just by occupying the building? Do other states recognise this? What happens to the constitution and the law? Is is a lawless state while they create a new constitution?

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I do not believe the alleged coup in Germany had anything to do with seizing complete power over the state. The people doing this were noted as believers of several conspiracies, boiling down to “The people in power do not wish you well, democracy is orchestrated etc etc”. This means that, most likely, they were just planning to take those “bad guys” out, so they don’t corrupt the country any more and everything can continue perfectly and democratically, while everybody regards them as heroes. Now, I know that most of the things I said do not follow a cohesive logical path, but those are the hypothetical thoughts of a violent conspiracy theorist group. Source: I live in Germany and am personally connected with people deep into conspiracies.

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