Incompetence, unlike illiteracy, is not treatable through instruction and practice. Incompetence is a symptom, not a cause, and requires some self-examination to identify that underlying cause.
Uncertain about the root cause? Start with throwing away all those participation awards you accumulated over the years. Then think what you did to earn them.
The British Isles are beginning to remember what every civilization eventually remembers:
A government that cannot protect its people eventually loses the moral authority to govern them.
Everything that follows is just the timetable.