To me it is reminiscent of the way our government (and most others) works. Both involve a monopoly on banking, granted by the government, to enrich government-

To me it is reminiscent of the way our government (and most others) works. Both involve a monopoly on banking, granted by the government, to enrich government-selected corporations, at the expense of non-bankers. No need to go back to the middle ages to find analogies. :)