The United States has been _uniquely incompetent_. Early on when the world was in flux circa March 2020, my friend needed to get in touch with the US embassy b

The United States has been _uniquely incompetent_. Early on when the world was in flux circa March 2020, my friend needed to get in touch with the US embassy because countries were shutting down so suddenly. He was in Brazil at the time. The US embassy decided that day to close early due to concern about the pandemic and that they needed the off-office-hours time to work (or something like this). They wouldn't reopen for about a week. By contrast, my friends in the old country have had zero issues getting a hold of their embassies while living abroad. All very prompt. I had a passport renewal that took a month to process in the summer 2020. Very bizarre. This whole pandemic has made me blackpilled on the US.