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I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that you’re under 35? It’s highly unlikely that nuclear war would ever happen.… There are no winners. anybody can write stupid, sci-fi books like this.

The persistent, fear, mongering, from books like this, and even a review is disturbing. As well as from Substack podcast form places like Joe Rogan people that think they have all the answers or just present problems without possible solutions. There’s actually nothing any of us can do because the powers of beer are already in motion, and they’re gonna have to somehow self destruct them selves … It comes down to use very simply good versus evil.

I like your thoughts and reviews though. Entertaining… I could even turn it into a story.

The main thing to remember is that the majority of people in the world are good it is the governments that are bad… And I’m sure there are some demagogues that are in motion to do more bad in the world. But it’s important to note there’s so much good as well.

And just FYI, it wouldn’t take much to unravel many things… I don’t know if you read the book “1 second after? “

Where in EMP was exploded over the United States, and anything that ran on electricity did not work anymore, and how the whole system broke down very rapidly.

You also mention to after nuclear change, that people would have to learn if they survived on how to survive on their own. That’s actually a myth… There would need to be groups that would survive, lone wolves would not be able to make it.

What’s going to happen? In the future, I have no idea. I do have to say that I’m sick of doomsday scenarios. Everything from independent news to main stream media. It’s all just poppycock and balderdash. :-)

If you do, want to dive into the potential threat of nuclear attack… Watch the movie, “War games” from the early 80s.

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I am actually under 35! I'll note this book is interesting because it's less sci-fi; it's based on real interviews with people involved with every stage and step of America's nuclear weapons program. It games out exactly what would happen in a potential nuclear war scenario.

I also address the EMP thing; that's exactly what happens in the scenario! I don't imply anybody could survive this. Just that the 10% of people who survive the initial blasts and firestorms would be left to try to figure out how to survive on their own; basically none would. The book itself implies that only a few thousand people might survive long-term globally.

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