This country is not what it once was and neither are its structures or institutions.
Rot has set in.
Correct. Due to Political Correctness and Affirmative Action. American Craftsmen are a thing of the Past. Who designed the railroad trestles, the high way bridges, overpasses, tunnels. The buildings, the skyscrapers, airplanes, the airports, the condos? Competent American Craftsmen and women. Political Correctness and Affirmative Action has taken care of that. Now it is what sex, color. or Gender one happens to be instead of, Are you competent to do the job?