Deterioration:
Latin/French
de – Latin adverb or preposition meaning, “down from, off, away from,” and used figuratively as, “concerning, by reason of, according to”, also a French preposition in phrases or proper names
French/English
Deterioration is a noun meaning, “a growing or making worse”, first appearing in the 1650s, and possibly a native formation, or from French détérioration, a noun of action from the word, détériorer, which comes from the Late Latin verb, deteriorare, meaning, “to get worse; to make worse”.
There are many entries that are not political, but I make political posts because current events compel responses, and ignoring deterioration so damaging is cold-hearted.

Photo by João Marcelo Martins on Unsplash, Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Athens, Greece. Published on January 9, 2019, FUJIFILM, X10.
The Odeon is a Roman theater of stone, located on the southwest slope of the Acropolis of Athens, Greece. The theater was completed in AD 161 and renovated in 1950.
The theater has been the site of many music concerts.
The photo brings to mind the seats of power and echoes of the past.