The U.S. Government’s Repair Bills Are Coming Due
Decades of accumulated technical debt have hollowed out state capacity.
In 2019, journalist David Klion described the United States as
“the sick man of the 21st century,”a country suffering from elite stagnation and institutional fatigue.
Six years later, the diagnosis remains accurate, with the problem being less ideological than infrastructural—a form of technical debt, where deferred investments in personnel, modernization, and oversight accumulate liabilities.
Author's summary: US government faces technical debt crisis.
- Technical debt: cost of deferred maintenance in software and government
- Accumulated liabilities: erosion of capability and legitimacy
- Impact: domestic performance and US authority abroad
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