The country is circling the drain, what difference dies it make? Unless some states kick off Secession II real soon, we are in the “bread and circuses” phase of the republic’s demise. Enjoy the ride.
Given modern tech, communications, the level of depravity that I believe exceeds anything seen in Rome at the time, I think you are going to see everything happen nearly at once including the collapse, and subsequent nuking by our enemies namely Russia and China.