Five Stages of Collapse Part Two: Obama's chief of staff says that they can not let the financial crisis go to waste because they can do things through the crisis they could not do otherwise. Do you believe politicians are taking advantage of the crisis? A Russian author now living in America compares America to what he saw in Russia as they collapsed financially. Why does he say America is not a prepared for a financial collapse? What can the average American do to prepare for what is yet to come?