At what point is a military coup better than the status quo?

https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/01/an-argument-for-a-military-coup

I read this and was shocked that I couldn’t really refute it. In order to help me work out my thinking on this topic, I thought I’d start a thread.

I’ll concede this writer’s point: invading Greenland would probably be worse than a military coup, because invading Greenland would destroy our relationship with Europe to such an extent that it would take not one term but at least a decade of sustained...

At what point is a military coup better than the status quo?