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The Rothschilds https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothschild_family https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothschild_family

• chatmasta 12y ago
  This. Interestingly, I was just reading on this topic the other day. Many sources (see Wikipedia article) suspect/assert that the Rothschilds are worth somewhere in the trillions. Since that's more than the GDP of most countries, it fuels a lot of illuminati/"new world order" conspiracy theories. With that kind of wealth, one family has the power to manipulate international markets. By coupling that manipulation with timely investing, the Rothschilds can multiply their fortune indefinitely. Honestly, neither the idea that they control trillions+ nor that they are manipulating markets, seems that far fetched to me. Their family has multiple dozens of individuals spread throughout the world in financial roles, some of them visibly managing billions of dollars in assets. They've controlled their wealth far longer than transparency laws have had any real effect, so it would not surprise me at all if combined, they controlled trillions of dollars. If you've got a family who all knows each other, meets up multiple times per year, and controls trillions of dollars, what do you think is going to happen? Obviously their loyalties all lie to each other, not individual countries. I imagine their family retreats include more than a few "back room meetings" of the most powerful members, where they openly discuss their assets and strategize how to use them to their advantage. It's not hard to imagine a small group of people controlling that much money becoming hungry for power and influence. It's a scary thought, but the world seems to be doing fine so far, so I'm not too worried.