> the idea that it's close to collapse is no better than any other online propaganda opinion

Not just that: how do you even define "the collapse of American society"?

What, exactly, do people think that would look like?

The Purge?

Complete anarchy? Riots in the streets?

The classic image of a burning metal garbage can in the street?

To the extent that a modern society like that of the US can "collapse", it's going to be a very, very slow and uneven thing. Most likely what it would look like is a Balkanization of the country—either de-facto, or full legal (or illegal) secession of groups of states, over the course of a number of years.

I think the likely scenario is Trump digging in post-mid terms. This is very likely, given the amount of flagrantly illegal stuff he's got floating around him and his crew.

Then two paths: he's either successful, forming the sort of "managed democracy" you see in Russia etc.

Or he's unsuccessful, and we see what happens. ICE are a militia beholden to the regime. Could get spicy.

Constitutionally, I think the framework that's supposed to check executive power is already shredded, or at least revealed for what it's been all along: pretty much norms.

Good luck.