The degradation in the competence of ATC since the move from allocation of “points on the exam” based on stuff like being an instrument rated pilot, or a veteran with relevant experience, to a focus on diversity, is critically evident.
My home drome is a training tower, and the number of idiotic decisions from controllers are manifold. I recently watched a biz jet forced to go around so that a flight school cirrus, not even at the FAF, could continue a practice ILS against the flow of traffic.
I personally was zipping along at 245 kt in a descent 12 miles from the airport a few days ago, and some 20 something told me to “keep my speed up” while I had been cleared for the visual.
I have a lot of friends who are/were FAA controllers, and to a person, they are ashamed of the way things are going.