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ViewpointJanuary 20 2021

US democracy is on probation

US institutions withstood the attacks to its Capitol Building on January 6, but the country’s role as global promoter of democracy is now crumbling. 
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US democracy is on probation

By now, the shocking, shameful videos of the January 6 sacking of the US Capitol have cemented the impression worldwide that US democracy is at an inflection point. 

Leaders from China, Iran, Russia, Venezuela and elsewhere are gloating publicly after seeing mobs incited by then president Donald Trump descend on the US senate, while taking advantage of a distracted Washington to advance their own anti-democratic efforts. Others, from Canada and western Europe, have expressed sorrow and concern for the American people. After all, if the US, the beacon of global democracy, can suffer such ruinous behaviour, which nation is immune?

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