Symbolic of the state of America: long term deterioration followed by sudden collapse.
I saw a Chinese news report on this with them kinda gloating that the dish was destroyed. Remarks on the site agreed it showed the USA was falling apart.
I think we are all beginning to understand what the ancient Romans experienced when their world fell apart as their ruling class failed and the barbarian hordes rushed in to dim the light of the Western civilization for at least 500 years.