riseandrust
/ˈraɪzəndˌrʌst/nounVerified NewThe oscillation of a nation's self-story between imminent renaissance and terminal decline, often within a single news week.
The same country is back on Monday and finished by Thursday, and the audience whiplashes accordingly. Both stories sell; neither survives contact with a decade.
Etym. — rise + rust: the two national fortunes, conjugated like weather.
Rel. — declinocracy · dawndeferment
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