Inflation .. corruption in government .. censoring news and internet .. problems in the electrical grid .. increasing government control in all areas of life .. I could go on and on. Living for 6 years in a socialist democratic republic was an education.

And the mail! I received a Christmas card one June that had been mailed the previous November.

Packages rarely arrived without having been broken into and robbed. And after long delays. It was easier and quicker and you were more assured of getting what you want to transfer money from the U.S. than to try and ship something. Even if you had to fly to South Africa to buy whatever it was you needed.

We seem to be in the process of Building Back Better to be a 3rd World Nation.