Yes, "this the reality of a country that is a leading example to others?" It is a leading example to the other large developing superpower countries like Russia, China, India, and Brazil. Of course, we are not an example to the developed countries, they were always ahead of us socially and in many ways stagnating. The BRIC's are jealous of us and emulate some of our worst policies like huge military spending, racism and classism, obsessive consumer spending, capital punishment and abuse of labor.

TEK