Decline

 Just over three-quarters of U.S. voters now believe their society is in some type of decline (poll by the Trafalgar Group).

Viewing the landscape.....I would have made this statement myself around the 2000 to 2010 era.....there were various bits of evidence to suggest that....depending on where you lived....things were getting tougher or more prevalent to crime/drugs.

If you divided this among high urban areas, and rural areas.....it'd be a significant difference.  If you resided in the heart of Memphis or New Orleans....probably 90-percent of people would say decline is going on.  If you lived in rural Tennessee or rural South Carolina....probably one-third of folks would suggest the decline situation.

What brought it on?  It's a combination of twenty-odd things.  Drugs played a part....fake politics played a role....corruption at the local, state and federal level played into this....lack of respect within schools....poorly educated people left to French Fry handlers....social media fell into the pit....etc.

I would even argue that we've come to the point that Presidents are considered 'Satan' or 'Jesus', when they are marginally getting anything done.

Improving?  How?