I guess we're all finding out what it is like to live in interesting times. I'm not going to panic because it's pointless. The question to ask yourself when the center fails to hold is what you are going to do to hold your own center. When the structures around you fall apart, then the only you have left to do as an individual is to give up or not give up. And in this context, not giving up means acting an accordance to the values the system has failed to hold up.