What stops the military in developed countries from taking over the country?

This happens a lot in Africa and elsewhere, where the military suddenly decides to overthrow a political leader, democratically elected or not. But this never happens, as far as I know, in developed countries, like Canada, Sweden, the United States, etc. What is different about developing and somewhat developed countries that prevents the military from taking control of the country that has so often happened to the least developed countries like Chad, Niger, Sudan, etc.? What stops the American military from surrounding the White House and overthrowing the President, since this very thing happens in impoverished countries all the time?What stops the military in developed countries from taking over the country?It really comes down to the fact that the top brass of the military respect and follow the orders from the civilain government. In reality any military can take control of a country if its top brass want to and they can get those under them to follow their orders.What stops the military in developed countries from taking over the country?we don't have the desperate conditions that would weaken our government to that point.



when people are starving, they lose faith in their government. a power struggle starts between wanna-be leaders, who each offer a solution to the problems. the military steps in to fill the vacuum.



a revolution cant happen unless the people demand it. (the results are not always what they want, though)