I have said many times that the United States on its present course will eventually go the way of the Soviet Union, and for similar reasons. Bankrupt, illegitimate and ossified, the central government will one day find itself ignored, disdained, and out of business.
It makes me deeply sad to think you may well be right and we are headed down that road full speed, but history has shown us that when tyrants burden the middle class and poor with increasing regulations and taxes and takes everything they have so they themselves can live “well” and place themselves above the law it never ends well for the former. Reminds me of one of my favorite lines from the Mummy movie - “You know, nasty little fellows such as yourself always get their comeuppance.”