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The slow, dignified process of everything quietly agreeing to fall apart.

means The gradual decline of something from a better state into a worse, weaker, or more broken one.

from From Latin deterior, meaning worse or inferior, which itself traces to de, marking a downward drift away from where things began.

Built-in worseThe Latin root literally just means worse.
Physics agreesEntropy makes deterioration the universe's default setting.
Not collapseImplies a slow slide, not a sudden break.
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