Crumbling from within

The lessons of the drama in America may help the world—if the people and their leaders chose to listen.

Early on Thursday morning, when most of Kathmandu was asleep, the world was abruptly awakened by the antics of domestic terrorists and vile politicians in the United States. A mundane ritual that usually reaffirmed the quirky yet stable electoral process in the world’s oldest democracy was delayed—almost derailed—when some Republican lawmakers from both the House and the Senate kept up the mad charade of insisting on mass voter fraud. Conservative loyalists followed up by breaching the US Capitol building while the joint session of congress was ongoing.