Putting it in terms of the health of the State is misses the problem If it was healthy for the State (or even the managerial class overall) it would be ok - health of the State is at least associated with the health of the people Unfortunately it's a principal / agent problem
The State is burning itself down because the interests of keeping ahead of the rest of the progressive mob requires the people who run it to push it further and further in destructive directions or lose out to those who would. The State is weak.