1) a pox of greed and heedless aquisition marked by
2) earth chancre, an open sore on the planet's crust which often runs bone deep.
3) a condition of
decrepitude wrought of abuse and
abandonment
4) extreme stultification which, when left unchecked, afflicts its victims with eustace tilley syndrome marked by stove pipe hats and chronic monocle dependency with their noses
in the air as if they had not a care.