The Golden One - April 02, 2020


Piero San Giorgio's Surviving Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear Events. Book Review


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In this episode, I talk about Piero San Giorgio's new book, "Convergence of Catastrophes" and talk about the Spanish Flu and the coronavirus outbreak. I also talk about biological warfare and the discovery of nuclear weapons.

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00:00:00.000 Quite juicy, to be honest. Greetings, my esteemed laddingtons. I have read a book. Well, I haven't read all of it. It's quite thick and also quite juicy. It's Piero San Giorgio's latest book.
00:00:17.480 And before I begin to talk about this book, I can just recommend his previous book, Survive the Economic Collapse. I don't have it here because a good friend has borrowed it, but I'll make a separate book review on that later on because it is very interesting. I mention it in my own book, Dauntless, as well.
00:00:35.160 And I would say that you can read the two in relation to each other because the first one deals with, as the name suggests, an economic collapse.
00:00:46.280 And this book deals with, yeah, as also the name suggests, chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear events. So, you know, a lot of bad things that might happen.
00:01:01.800 And I will also talk about Guillaume Phi's, the convergence of catastrophes, in another video. But basically, that concept is, you know, if something happens and something else happens at the same time.
00:01:14.720 So you have now a coronavirus outbreak and the economy goes down the drain at the same time. So it's a convergence of two catastrophes, obviously interlinked as well.
00:01:27.320 But if a lot of things happen at the same time, it may cause the whole system to collapse.
00:01:33.840 And I've said this before, I'll say it again, and I'm hardly the first one to say it either.
00:01:38.840 Piero has talked about this for a very long time, you know, that our system is very fragile.
00:01:44.320 So the political solution for that is to, you know, focus more on the local economy.
00:01:49.120 But I've talked enough about that. Now I want to talk about the book.
00:01:52.760 And also, last thing before I get into the book.
00:01:55.720 Piero did an interview with me on his channel a while back, about two years ago, I think.
00:02:01.020 You can check it out. I will link it in the description box below as well.
00:02:06.420 Now, I said I haven't read all of it because it's not really a book you need to read from, you know, beginning to the end.
00:02:15.740 You can just, as I did, go directly to the biological part because, obviously, as we are quarantined and in isolation now,
00:02:23.980 not really in isolation, but I say it for dramatic effect, I went to the biological part.
00:02:30.360 Now, of course, the chemical and radiological and nuclear are also interesting.
00:02:36.420 But not as relevant at this moment in time, and I wanted to get this video done quickly enough.
00:02:42.860 And it's quite thick, and it's a lot to deal with.
00:02:47.440 Also, a special shout-out to Arctos, who always manages to make the most aesthetic of books very aesthetic.
00:02:56.460 Well done, Arctos.
00:02:57.880 So anyway, the style of the book is similar to his previous book, and it's really easy to access the information,
00:03:05.080 especially because it does something interesting.
00:03:07.660 He puts in fictional chapters based upon real scenarios at the end of each chapter,
00:03:13.560 and then the knowledge is sort of interwoven in the story.
00:03:19.360 So it's easier to, you know, access abstract information because it can be a bit heavy otherwise.
00:03:26.980 So in terms of style of writing, I really like it.
00:03:31.340 And I learned a few new things in this book, which I will share with you.
00:03:38.400 So I had, of course, heard of the Spanish flu, but I had no idea it was as severe as it actually was.
00:03:45.800 And, of course, it often gets overshadowed by perhaps the greatest tragedy of all time,
00:03:50.840 which is, of course, the First World War.
00:03:53.700 Now, the reason for it being called the Spanish flu is not because it originated in Spain or anything.
00:04:00.600 It actually came from, to no one's surprise, it came from China.
00:04:04.480 But it was called the Spanish flu because Spain was not involved in the First World War,
00:04:09.800 and therefore they could report on casualties,
00:04:12.640 whereas the French, they didn't really want to do it because, you know,
00:04:17.060 they didn't want lower morale and say, like,
00:04:19.080 oh, you know what, all of our young men have died in a flu,
00:04:22.960 then the Germans would have known.
00:04:24.340 So they call it the Spanish flu because of this,
00:04:26.900 but it has nothing to do with Spain otherwise,
00:04:29.360 except for, you know, a lot of Spanish people died.
00:04:32.280 A lot of Europeans overall died and Americans,
00:04:34.160 but it originated in China.
00:04:38.680 Now, another quite scary thing I learned,
00:04:41.780 there is a smallpox facts sheet here.
00:04:46.460 And apparently, smallpox, very dangerous disease,
00:04:51.120 it got eradicated,
00:04:52.840 but for the fact that both the Americans and the Russians
00:04:56.900 decided to keep smallpox in laboratories
00:05:00.060 to, I don't know, unleash or something in the case of a biological warfare scenario.
00:05:07.100 But at least in France,
00:05:08.600 since it is basically eradicated smallpox,
00:05:12.020 no one has been vaccinated since 1980.
00:05:14.680 I don't know how it looks in other countries.
00:05:16.760 It is written in French,
00:05:18.020 because Piero mainly writes and speaks in French.
00:05:21.080 But I found that quite scary at the same time.
00:05:24.720 You know, if you have a lot of people
00:05:26.340 not being vaccinated against a very dangerous thing.
00:05:29.360 Now, I'm not a fan of vaccines per se,
00:05:31.080 but if smallpox comes back,
00:05:33.780 I would definitely want to ensure that everyone I care about
00:05:37.320 is vaccinated against it.
00:05:41.720 So, yeah, a bit of an eye-opener there
00:05:44.820 in terms of biological warfare.
00:05:48.800 And I actually have a little quote here
00:05:50.660 from someone who I'm not a fan of in the least.
00:05:55.300 You know, when I was in my teens
00:05:57.760 and the Iraq war started, etc.,
00:05:59.880 he was basically the devil incarnate
00:06:01.680 because he didn't start,
00:06:03.520 but he aggravated the situation in the Middle East.
00:06:07.240 And that's the US president, George W. Bush.
00:06:10.920 And he said in 28th of April in 2004,
00:06:16.680 and I quote him,
00:06:18.020 Bioterrorism is a real threat to our country.
00:06:21.320 It's a threat to every nation that loves freedom.
00:06:24.560 Terrorist groups seek biological weapons.
00:06:27.100 We know some rogue states already have them.
00:06:29.760 It's important that we confront these real threats
00:06:32.560 to our country and prepare for future emergencies.
00:06:35.900 So, yeah, not a fan of him,
00:06:37.500 but it's a quite good prediction.
00:06:39.580 And I don't want to say anything
00:06:41.200 in regards to the corona now,
00:06:42.860 whether it was intentional or an accident, etc.
00:06:46.220 But, you know, battles of this century
00:06:49.760 will probably not be any heroic battles
00:06:53.740 between even armies.
00:06:54.880 It will probably be quite gruesome
00:06:56.920 and horrible sort of warfare.
00:07:01.120 Biological, who knows? 0.98
00:07:02.480 It wouldn't surprise me that, you know,
00:07:05.160 one nation does this sort of thing
00:07:08.340 against another nation.
00:07:09.700 It's not something we should rule out.
00:07:11.500 And I'm not a doctor.
00:07:13.100 I won't speculate any further into this.
00:07:16.400 I have no idea,
00:07:17.280 but I'm just throwing it out there.
00:07:18.560 If you look at it from a historical perspective,
00:07:23.020 it wouldn't be strange
00:07:23.880 if one nation decided to, you know,
00:07:27.140 create a virus or a bacteria
00:07:29.440 that is extra damaging
00:07:32.540 to a group of people,
00:07:34.500 say, Caucasian men.
00:07:36.320 So, yeah, that's something to keep in mind as well.
00:07:39.360 Now, the book also contains a bit of practical knowledge.
00:07:42.940 You have in the end of the book,
00:07:45.120 you have a list of things you can buy
00:07:49.340 to stay safe in all of these scenarios.
00:07:51.340 So, yeah, it can come in handy.
00:07:54.260 And also in regards to the World Health Organization,
00:07:57.220 the following measures can aid in prevention
00:07:59.180 of the spread of viruses.
00:08:01.680 So, covering mouth and nose,
00:08:03.300 yeah, seems reasonable.
00:08:04.680 Avoid close contact with those who are sick, 1.00
00:08:08.140 yeah, also seems quite reasonable
00:08:09.880 and nothing revolutionary there.
00:08:12.540 Mask and PPE healthcare setting.
00:08:15.320 Hand washing and standard hygiene measures.
00:08:18.600 So, you know, quite basic advice,
00:08:20.180 but still good advice.
00:08:21.160 There are a lot of people
00:08:22.100 who do not take their hygiene,
00:08:24.480 do not take their hand hygiene particularly seriously.
00:08:28.460 I always do because, you know,
00:08:29.760 I don't want to be caught with a man cold either
00:08:32.900 because I don't have the time or capacity
00:08:35.420 to be out for a week.
00:08:37.080 So, I always try to maintain a good hand hygiene.
00:08:40.680 I always have alcohol gel in my car or in my bag.
00:08:43.680 So, if I've been to the gym or somewhere,
00:08:45.220 I just take it immediately.
00:08:46.700 And, you know, make sure to wash your entire hand with soap
00:08:50.220 so you don't just put some on the hand and rub.
00:08:53.020 You know, do it thoroughly
00:08:54.340 and you will reduce the risk of infection.
00:08:58.940 And even if we're not talking about
00:09:00.380 a horrible coronavirus or anything,
00:09:03.580 but we can just talk about a common cold,
00:09:05.020 we don't want to have that either.
00:09:07.080 Then also something I thought to mention
00:09:09.060 and, you know, when I read this,
00:09:11.640 it's a journalist called Richard Preston
00:09:14.480 who has studied the virus,
00:09:17.400 describes its effects.
00:09:18.720 And then it's, you know,
00:09:20.040 a report from the journalist
00:09:21.680 and it makes for quite gruesome reading.
00:09:24.540 And if I ever make,
00:09:26.060 if I write a fantasy or science fiction novel
00:09:28.360 and I describe an outbreak of something,
00:09:31.420 I will definitely consult this horror story
00:09:34.240 because it is quite gruesome in description.
00:09:37.680 It's about Ebola.
00:09:39.040 The Ebola,
00:09:40.420 the 2013 to 2015 Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
00:09:45.460 So, yeah, I won't go into the technicalities of it,
00:09:50.340 but quite gruesome stuff.
00:09:51.900 And when you read about all of these things,
00:09:54.860 you, I don't want to blackpill 0.99
00:09:57.380 or be overly dramatic,
00:09:59.200 but you get a different perspective on things
00:10:01.020 and, yeah,
00:10:03.220 you want to think about your hygiene a bit more.
00:10:05.820 So, basically, in terms of a book review,
00:10:07.580 I can recommend this.
00:10:08.440 I think it's a really informative and good book
00:10:10.400 and contains a lot of practical information.
00:10:14.640 And I will, at some point,
00:10:15.840 also go through the other three parts of it.
00:10:19.840 So, the chemical, radiological and nuclear.
00:10:22.560 I will say, though,
00:10:23.340 a little YouTube channel recommendation here
00:10:26.660 if you want to know more about Chernobyl.
00:10:30.040 Piero has also been in Chernobyl, by the way,
00:10:32.660 and he talks a bit about it.
00:10:33.880 But if you want to look at a channel,
00:10:36.320 you have Bald and Bankrupt.
00:10:37.960 Now, he doesn't need any shout-out from me
00:10:39.740 because his channel is much bigger,
00:10:41.140 but it's sort of like an extreme tourism channel.
00:10:44.200 So, he goes to Chernobyl, visits it, looks around.
00:10:47.260 It's quite interesting, actually.
00:10:48.580 And, you know, he's an entertaining guy as well,
00:10:50.740 so it's a good thing
00:10:52.460 if you have a lot of time on your hands.
00:10:54.640 So, if you want to order it,
00:10:56.420 please do so via Free Speech Library.
00:10:59.020 I say this because it's a good mate of mine
00:11:00.900 who has the page,
00:11:02.540 and I'd rather that you buy it from him
00:11:04.840 than someone else.
00:11:06.940 So, yeah, good book.
00:11:08.800 Good book.
00:11:09.160 That's my thoughts on, of course,
00:11:12.640 plenty of other things you can say about it
00:11:14.260 when you read the entire thing,
00:11:15.580 but I just wanted to quickly recommend it
00:11:18.140 since it's a good topic.
00:11:22.000 So, thank you for watching,
00:11:23.500 and I hope you all stay safe.
00:11:24.780 XXO, boom!
00:11:25.740 I don't know.
00:11:26.800 I don't know.
00:11:30.660 I know.
00:11:31.200 Thank you.