the stages of grief, observe.
1. denial (there is no way we could ever collapse.)
2. anger (i can't believe the we are collapsing! someone is gonna pay for this!)
3. bargaining (OK, lets try to collapse later, and not now. we're in this together.)
4. depression (why do we bother? lets just give up)
5. acceptance (we collapsed.)
americans are 2 & 3. Pseudo wannabe ameicans like cheng are at 1
