Virus

Just ten years ago in 2003 surveys showed that 70% of the people were extremely proud to be Americans and that figure has declined to 39%. When searching for why this is happening polls find that negative perceptions of the economy, scandals associated with congress and increasing public concern about crime. Common sense would tell us that the constant fighting between parties which has moved from complaining about policies to personal attacks would cause a loss of pride in the country. When people are unable to respond to a policy they don't like they resort to personal insults and that ends the conversation. When discussions about the origin of the Covid virus resulted in the name China virus, instead of investigating to find out the source people were labeled xenophobic and that ended the discussion.