Allen's Law of Civilization: It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be coming up it.
Paul Dickson (2014). “The Official Rules: 5,427 Laws, Principles, and Axioms to Help You Cope with Crises, Deadlines, Bad Luck, Rude Behavior, Red Tape, and Attacks by Inanimate Objects”, p.9, Courier Corporation
