Comment: Coronavirus brings US decline out in the open


Good turnaround: Tourists ride a gondolier in view of the Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal in Venice in June. Countries like Italy that are legendary for government dysfunction and were hit hard by the virus have managed to crush the curve of infection. — Bloomberg

THE US’ decline started with little things that people got used to.

Americans drove past empty construction sites and didn’t even think about why the workers weren’t working, then wondered why roads and buildings took so long to finish.

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