The idea that state collapse will be anything other than bloody and terrifying is delusional, but tbh I get the appeal of the sentiment. We're living, have been living, through a slow collapse anyway. One that will only get worse and worse as the decades drag on, with all avenues to avoid collapse foreclosed. There's a catharsis in thinking, "let's just get it over with already."

It's like being the watchman on the Titanic: you know the ship is gonna hit the iceberg, and you know no one will do anything to help the situation until the iceberg has already been hit. So you're cursed to just watch doom approaching, screaming and shouting warnings like a loon that everyone will ignore so they can keep playing cards in the cafe.