How has my WordPress editor become so basic? Cannot add blocks or see anything visual

Sounds like what I had to deal with recently, having forgotten I had this option checked:

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on the user profile page.

Uncheck it if needed, otherwise it will display the post/page as:

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with e.g. the add blocks button (+) disabled.

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