re: How close do you feel we are to a full societal collapse as a nation?

I think we're closer than most people think. It will take a huge effort from organized citizens to slow down the cancer eating away at our country.
We also have to realize that we are only one SCOTUS heart attack away from losing some of our basic rights. Free Speech, gone. 2nd Amendment, gone, Right to assemble, gone, etc.,etc. The wolves are ready to eat the Sheep.