Closing the 'Collapse Gap': the USSR was better prepared for collapse than the US

Below is an excerpt from a talk given by Dmitry Orlov making comparisons between the collapse of Russia and the impending collapse here in our country. A few things were kinda off the wall but I found it to be very interesting. Done on 12/06 wonder what he has to say today. LINK
Here is an article written by Mr. Orlov on how to survive a economic crash.

I anticipate that some people will react rather badly to having their country compared to the USSR. I would like to assure you that the Soviet people would have reacted similarly, had the United States collapsed first. Feelings aside, here are two 20th century superpowers, who wanted more or less the same things – things like technological progress, economic growth, full employment, and world domination – but they disagreed about the methods. And they obtained similar results – each had a good run, intimidated the whole planet, and kept the other scared. Each eventually went bankrupt.