The term I’ve seen describing this current stage of #collapse is #theCrumbles, where things still kinda plod on like they used to but stuff starts breaking and doesn’t get 100% fixed.
Patch jobs are done to things and systems to keep them kinda-working, but there’s never enough time or resources to do things properly.
"Welcome to The Crumbles" is a zeitgeist catch-phrase floated by the It Could Happen Here podcast crew.
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@mjohnharrison as retweeted by William Gibson, in reference to the linked story:
everything's a metaphor now https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/jun/14/uk-public-buildings-feared-to-be-at-risk-of-collapse-as-concrete-crumbles
The end of Twitter -- the way it was captured by a plutocrat to be used for his personal gain, the mass migrations, the Mass Resignation of workers, the crumbling infrastructure...
... is definitely NOT a metaphor for The Crumbling of any other large socioeconomic & political system /s
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