Erratic behavior, tolerated in the past, is now seen as downright dangerous. It is not just about failed leadership. It’s about openly hostile, reckless actions.
To a watching world, the absence of a fair, affordable US healthcare system, the cut-throat contest between American states for scarce medical supplies, the disproportionate death toll among ethnic minorities, chaotic social distancing rules, and a lack of centralized coordination are reminiscent of a poor, developing country, not the most powerful, influential nation on earth.
That’s a title the US appears on course to lose – a fall from grace that may prove irreversible. The domestic debacle unleashed by the pandemic, and global perceptions of American selfishness and incompetence, could change everything.
In local news that mirrors above, local mail service here has now reached third world status as USPS refuses to deliver packages, insisting people instead must break quarantine, drive to post office, and transport the packages themselves. Or pay them a bribe?
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