Even though the country wasn’t so bad after Dabya, imo it’s honestly where it all went wrong in the modern era. And it all started with a corrupt person who should have stayed in the private sector.
It all came down to: there isn’t a law forbidding it so there is opportunity
To be clear, the “modern era” is generally used to refer to events from the 19th century until today. Ergo, your two sentences are irrelevant to each other. 🙇🏽♂️