Nut jobs have been yapping about the coming “collapse” since I was a little boy.
Yes, they have. They're much closer to being right at present than they've ever been, though. Some pockets of the country never really felt anything from the financial crisis, and others appear to have recovered nicely with new construction and official unemployment numbers equal to or better than before the crash. But, most of the country is still pretty tenuous. It won't take much to put it right back into near-depression or worse. This will put a serious drag on even the bright spots. Recall that not all of the country was in dire straits even in the depths of the Great Depression. Some fared far better than others. That's the case now as well. I suspect you're in one of the areas that are faring better, otherwise this wouldn't appear quite so nutty to you.
I like the guy named “Frank” and his email videos about secret whatever and “get this now before it’s too late!”