'GLIBC_2.32' not found when using apt and apt-get

I'm using Pop! OS. When running any simple

or

-get

command in the terminal, even something as simple as

--help

, I get an error message

apt: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version 'GLIBC_2.32' not found (required by /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsystemd.so.0)

However, when I enter

--version

it tells me tat I am using GLIBC 2.32. - specifically, it says

lld (Ubuntu GLIBC 2.32-0ubuntu3) 2.32

Every fix I've found online has suggested using something like

apt clean

to clean, update or otherwise fix things, but the Catch-22 here is that

is precisely what I can't use. Is there some sort of manual fix I can do? This issue is making my computer basically unusable, so any help would be greatly appreciated.