Their growing terror, deteriorating social position and loss of dignity make that identification hard to avoid.
María Elena Morera, president of Mexico United Against Crime, said Javier's death was another example of Mexico's deteriorating social fabric.
That schismatic Christian group was particularly strong among the Numidian peasantry, to whom it appealed as a focus of protest against deteriorating social conditions.
Analysis of the archival data and PRA techniques supported the survey results and demonstrated that the project improved environmental criteria and deteriorated social dimensions.
Results illustrate that the combination of withered crops, drying up of wells, loss of beauty, and deteriorating social networks trigger strong emotional responses, in particular feelings of sadness.
"We hypothesise that feelings of loneliness may... be considered a manifestation of the deteriorating social skills that are seen as part of the personality change accompanying the process of dementia," they conclude.
They talk about a development-at-all-costs strategy that has ruined the environment, as well as a deteriorating social and moral fabric that makes China feel like a chillier place than when they were growing up.
Muhiddin Kaberi, the leader of the moderate opposition Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT), believes that the government might be better off addressing the deteriorating social factors that lead a million young men fully half of the country's labour force to seek work abroad, most of them in Russia.
People with schizophrenia suffer hallucinations, delusions, and deteriorating social skills.
In the meantime, vast overcapacity in most industries — especially in Asia — and deteriorating social and political conditions (Russia) mean foreign direct investments will decline.
