Sick in Montpellier, France during the early virus days, surrounded by Yellow Vest protests and social decay, I read "The Great Wave" about inflation history at 2AM and experienced a horrifying revelation—everything suddenly connected. Like a horror movie where scattered clues form a terrifying pattern, I saw civilization's trajectory with perfect clarity. This profound realization changed my life and this channel forever, shifting my focus from alternate history to sharing the uncomfortable truths I'd discovered.

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Bibliography:

The Great Wave by David Hackett Fischer

Secular Cycles by Peter Turchin

Ages of Discord by Peter Turchin

The Economics of Discontent by Jean Michel Paul

The Identity of France by Fernand Braudel

The History of Civilizations by Fernand Braudel

The Mediterranean at the time of Philip 2nd by Fernand Braudel

The Structures of Every day life by Fernand Braudel

Leviathan and Its Enemies by Sam Francis

The Global Crisis by Geoffrey Parker

On Hero Worship by Thomas Carlyl

Albion's Seed by David Hackett Fischer

Long Cycles by Goldstein

The Rise and Fall of Great Powers by Paul Kennedy

Generations by Strauss and Howe

Decline of the West by Oswald Spengler

The Coming Caesars by Amaury de riencourt

Rise of the West by William McNeil

The Pursuit of Power by William McNeil

Tragedy and Hope by Caroll Quiggley

The Great Leveler by Walter Schedule

Capital by Thomas Picketty

The History of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell

The Middle Ages by Sidney Painter

The Distant Mirror by Barbara Tuchman