America, You Are On Show

Send the spin doctors home, face the truth and let us all get on with life.
Business First’s Kevin Kemper, in discussing the current rash of corruption related issues in the US, asks; “…is unethical behavior really growing?  Some say the answer must be provided with the proper perspective.”
What ‘proper perspective’? The USA brags of being the world’s leader of nations. The self righteous, ‘holier than thou’ cant might gall other nations, but without doubt the US is powerful enough to promote its own self image.
Power and its trappings do not come free. The US, because of its assumed position in the world, is obligated to show consequent responsibility.
The response to corruption in the USA is a curious one, reflecting much of the political technique which leads to scandal.
The Republicans are fond of pointing out that the Dems are just as bad. That is not an explanation, nor is it excuse; it is simply minimizing through shared guilt.
More often is the plain self denial, or the vapid “…is unethical behavior really growing?
It is not a question of quantity! That it happens, and happens at a regular pace undermines the very moral authority which the US claims.
This is not the super burger, two for one, early bird world of consumerism; it is the underpinning of social values. If greed, bullying, lying and the other unsavoury aspects of corruption are condoned by those in trust they have the potential to become normal, acceptable behaviour.
America, you are on show! You created the myth, now you must live up to it of face the fallout of rightfully negative opinion around the world.