Only lazy people will rely on governments help and if many people will follow what others did like asking some help then for those to come maybe they suffer from hunger since government action takes time since for sure this will have a delay due to more people seek for help. That's why we need to take action towards this and use our strength to find opportunity to earn money so that we don't need to wait for any help since we can sustain ourselves to buy the things we need.
I think the collapse of the currencies are also the fault of the governments. People blame them and they wait for the government's actions to solve the mess that they create but for some people who think are independent enough, they will try to look for ways to survive. Seeking for an extra job to earn more money can be one of the solution for this but it would be better if we prefer jobs which are paid by other currencies which aren't affected by the collapse.
Cryptos are a perfect example for this. If it's not possible for some people to do that, then they can always work on the job they like and get paid with fiat and then use the fiat to buy a crypto.
Without a doubt taking a passive approach is a mistake right now, many people I know have the attitude that if there is a problem then the government needs to do something to fix it, but what happens when it is the government the one that is causing the trouble? Who is going to fix it? And even if it happens the losses you will suffer in the process are simply too big, as such since we can see that the economic crisis is going to get worse then it is time look for currencies which can resist what is coming, and bitcoin is a good option we can use in order to do this.