I Lived Through Collapse. America Is Already There.

[ok doser]

If you’re waiting for a moment where you’re like ‘this is it’, I’m telling you, it never comes. Nobody comes on TV and says ‘things are officially bad . . . . ​

You said it in the thread title.
Your author said it in the OP. Almost 6 years ago.

And so I will ask you again -
What is the state of America today?
Are we collapsed or uncollapsed?
Are we fallen or unfallen?