Democracy is the biggest irony in the world.

"A 45-year-old immigrant from India and Twitter's top lawyer, Vijaya Gadde, spearheaded the decision to permanently suspend US President Donald Trump's Twitter accounts." "US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday she would push ahead with efforts to remove President Donald Trump from office during the final days of his administration after his supporters' violent attack on the Capitol." Trump is blamed for exciting his followers to attack US Congress after claiming that Democrats stole the election held on 3 November. Four people died in the incident, including a 35 year old veteran of US Air Force, shot by the police. Many officials in Trump's cabinet resigned following the assault on Congress.Worst dictatorships of the world, like China and Iran, are enjoying US discomfiture. However, "The key question to be asked now is whether Trump's successor will have the toughness to take on China, who, under Xi Jinping, allowed the coronavirus to spread worldwide from the wet market in Wuhan," wrote Raghu Krishnan. To hide its crimes China denied entry to a team from the World Health Organization (WHO) and then proceeded to lie about reasons for doing so. Political leaders of many countries expressed their horror for this "attack on democracy" and called for orderly transition of power. Problem is that democracy has come to mean winning an election every few years for one group of politicians to enjoy enormous power and privilege till the next election. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson condemned "disgraceful scenes" and called for "peaceful and orderly transfer of power", while Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon found events "utterly horrifying". Sturgeon wants a referendum in Scotland on independence from the United Kingdom after Brexit, but Johnson has said that another independence referendum will not be allowed till at least 2050. This despite the fact that 62% of Scots voted against Brexit but it scraped through because of higher population of England and Wales. "But let's not forget that fundamental institutions of checks and balances still held firm in the US," wrote Sandip Roy. Arhitiyas in Punjab have been raided by Income Tax officials after supporting farmers' agitation. "Most of the arhitiyas who faced raids informed that some officials of the I-T team told them that they found no reasons to conduct the raids but have to follow the instructions of their bosses." Many of India's current draconian laws have their ancestry in the British era where they were very frankly instruments of repression," wrote Manoj Joshi. The US President is not above the law. But our politicians are. There is no freedom in India, wrote Tavleen Singh, because "Modi has done more to curb press freedom than any prime minister since Indira Gandhi". The loudest voices for democracy come from countries where freedom is curtailed. It is the greatest irony.