We grow while you wither away like every other decaying society in history.
It takes place in a decaying society in which only scavengers like Rat can prosper.
The cultural elite has become extinct, but the decaying society is kept somewhat functional by machines, and the government is actually run on behalf of a few mega-corporations.
"It's just a matter of time before stewing symptoms Greece's decaying society explode - if they haven't already," Nikitas Kanakis says.
There appears here a motif that will loom large in Prus' subsequent works: flight from this decaying society.
Each verse provides a separate description of a decaying society.
All Judges and the military are deployed to maintain order in the decaying society, with the Judges forced to constantly fight against soldiers for committing criminal acts.
Are we ever going to be willing to put the blame where it belongs, on our decaying society?
An iconic rock legend, Jack Fate (Bob Dylan), is bailed out of prison to perform a one-man benefit concert for a decaying future North American society.