Wake up. It's already here, you are just appeased by the gladatorial games.
Voting is a joke, your representation in Congress is a joke, your POTUS' main goal is the destruction of this country, government is corrupt all the way down to the lowly dog catcher.
Agreed on the symptoms. But it's not a foregone conclusion. We're not a full on totalitarian state yet. I still get to own several evil black guns and go to the range as often as I can afford (or find) ammo.