Actual high IQ take:

Collapse is less likely than thriving. Aliens are confirmed to be visiting Earth, there's actually a massive amount of evidence at this point whether you've seen it or believe it or not. 9 geosynchronous satellites were spotted orbiting the Earth in 1952. Thousands of UFO sightings every year. Mass UFO sightings where thousands of people report seeing the same wild shit. Teleportation physics already being figured out (Einstein-Rosen Bridge, Alcubierre Drive) means that any aliens slightly more advanced than us can directly come to our location with ease. We are being monitored and likely protected by a higher power. The US is the most advanced country on Earth by far, perhaps secretly leading the technology race by several decades while hiding the most advanced shit and presenting a fake reality to the rest of the world. Everything starts to make sense when you start to see this stuff. Iran being bombed for instance was likely necessary for world security; it is possible to teleport a nuclear bomb into the heart of a city and detonate it instantly with nobody even knowing who did it. We can't have rogue scientists working on nuclear science whatsoever.