[t]he crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear’
The words are from Antonio Gramsci, Italian Communist leader who was jailed by Mussolini and wrote Prison Notebooks. By their nature they are coded to avoid fascist censors and meanings are disputed. However Gramsci’s view of a political crisis fits the moment
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And comes up a lot, nowadays.