If there is nothing to hold it all together it falls apart into factions, warlords and nutty extremists. Religious extremes, fear, hate and warring factions.
Not a pleasant place to be.
Populists are playing a dangerous game for their own ends. They undermine everything and set themselves up as the only saviours. When their flimsy intrigues are revealed as lies there is nothing left to fall back on.
When a society collapses into chaos the result is a lawless horror.
Is this the future of the USA?