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.

https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-interactive/2025/may/22/hypernormalization-dysfunction-status-quo

Systems are crumbling – but daily life continues. The dissonance is real

If everything feels broken but strangely normal, the Soviet-era concept of hypernormalization can help

The Guardian