At times, it can truly feel as though a collapse of sorts is imminent...why?

Well for starters,  the US Empire is heading down this path, what with the ongoing genocide of brown people by Israel,  the kidnapping of the Venezuelan President, the threat of attacking Iran ...

Oh and this -

https://liberationnews.org/psl-statement-cuba-is-not-a-threat-end-the-blockade/?utm_source=one_signal&utm_medium=desktop_alert&utm_campaign=liberationnews

I have to remind both those around me (and myself) this is by design. Those in the employer side of the US Empire are afraid,  and they want you and I and everyone else to be afraid well. It's all about the perceived sense of control and dominance. 

Power is the ultimate illusion in this life, be it individual or collective. And that illusion can be as fateful in determining our future as much as us understanding reality.