Capitol crimes: one year after America’s insurrection

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🗓️ 6 January 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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The insurrection’s horrors might have marked a turning point for Donald Trump’s supporters and enablers. Not so; the people and the politics remain as divided as they were one year ago. We examine why, despite the rampant uncertainty that should lift it, gold had a terrible 2021. And London’s farcical attempt to draw consumers to a famed shopping district. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist. I'm your host, Jason Palmer.
0:08.7	Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.
0:14.6	Few things in finance are as solid as the notion that gold is a safe asset in an uncertain
0:23.2	world, so why with all the uncertainty that's around has gold just had a terrible year?
0:32.0	And shopping districts all over the rich world are desperate to bring back the customers
0:37.0	they've lost to e-commerce and then to the pandemic. We examine London's ill-fated plan
0:42.8	to lure them in with a big, shaky, raggedy pile of earth. But first...
1:00.4	One year ago today, then President Donald Trump addressed the
1:12.7	march to save America.
1:37.0	Many attendees of that rally would go further, descend on the Capitol Building.
1:52.0	We were just told that there has been tear gas in the Rotunda and were being instructed
1:59.8	to each of us get a gas mask that are under our seats.
2:13.7	Mr. Trump eventually told rioters to leave.
2:17.3	This was a fraudulent election, but we can't play into the hands of these people. We have
2:24.8	to have peace. So go home, we love you, you're very special.
2:30.8	Five people died. 140 police officers were injured and several more died by suicide in
2:37.1	the following weeks. How could America move on from this tragedy at the actual heart
2:43.4	of its democracy?
2:45.2	When the world saw supporters of Donald Trump streaming into the Capitol and disrupting
2:51.9	democratic process in the hopes of overturning a fair election result, many people thought
2:57.8	that this would be the moment that the dam broke. This would be the moment that the Republican
3:02.2	party reformed its ways, gave up on Donald Trump, and basically made amends. And that turned
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