Dying govern-cements are the most dangerous. They often stop doing necessary things, to protect their power and gold bricking.
Like, they will cut police spending, while building "low cost" housing, that aren't that low cost, but the mayor's friend is building them.
They will spend all kinds of time campaigning, while never acknowledging that the vote was stolen last time. They feel it is fine, because people aren't there with pitchforks and torches. And, even then, they just try to sweep it under the rug.
The restaurants that closed where the nicer sit down places. What survived was the drive thrus, like mexican food.