Things I didn't know or wasn't aware of - ignorance IS bliss

[crazypj]

Hi Peeps,
Just 'wasted' several hours watching You Tube vids. 8)
Interesting documentary on the Rothschild's, how they started in banking 200+ yrs ago and pretty much how they have so much money they can buy and sell governments, etc (and not 3rd world banana republics)
They are so rich they stay off lists of 'richest people'
Baron Rothschild has a net worth around five hundred TRILLION dollars, making Bill Gates at his prime look like a pauper (as 'richest man in America Gates is 'only worth' about $72 billion)
Financed both sides in wars from 1800's, fronted the cash in late 1800's/early1900's for Rockerfeller, Vanderbilt, Astor, Carnegie, Royal Dutch Shell (about half the worlds oil reserves/production)
It was pretty interesting and scary at the same time.
One really interesting thing though, they have been financing China and China is opening free trade port in Africa because production costs are lower (supposedly communist country exploiting African's )

 

[carnivorous chicken]

Haven't seen the video, but I'd be skeptical of what sounds to me more than a little conspiratorial. The Rothschilds wealth dwindled, especially as they divided it among subsequent generations. Certainly there's a lot of wealth there, especially if all of the relatives put all of their wealth together (They do have Rothschild conglomerates). There is a lot of conspiracy theorizing about them, much of it anti-semitic -- the story line you described is right out of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, a piece of anti-Semitic fiction that people continue to claim is real to drawn attention to "Jewish threat."

As for China in Africa, old story. China's not so communist anymore, and at this point we're seeing both the last scramble to secure resources (especially oil, for example in Nigeria, but also metals) and easily exploitable labor. China also invests hugely in Africa, and, like the US 30 years ago, is willing and able to support brutal regimes as long as its profitable. Not saying the US doesn't still do this -- it does -- but that it is more beholden to its electorate. Campaigns such as divestment from Apartheid South Africa that were successful in the US are non-starters in China.

The struggle for strategic influence between China and the West is now Southeast Asia, for the most part.

This is part of the stuff I teach and research.

 

[crazypj]

Probably a good conspiracy theory, all fun. Rothchilds were running Bank of England until a few years ago though and the bullion market setting daily gold price
Probably a grain of truth in it though.
Interesting you teach this stuff

 

[AgentX]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPMS6tGOACo

All true!

 

[Ichiban Moto]

Baron Rothschild has a net worth around five hundred TRILLION dollars .......

Um, do you mean 500 billion $$ > ?

The entire world's economy was just over 70 Trillion $$ in 2012..... The ENTIRE WORLD

 

[crazypj]

Nope, TRILLION, it's supposedly about half of ALL the money available in the world although it's believed it has now been divided amongst family members.
It's why they can stay out of public eye, with that much cash you can 'not exist'
Youngest son (b 1970) in the British 'arm' is only worth about 70 million pounds (about $111,861,829.00), no record of what his father is actually worth but you can bet it's a lot more
Rothschilds funded setting up Euro and are on record as saying they want a single world currency to make international trade easier

 

[J-Rod10]

500 Trillion would be 7.14 times the amount of money in circulation in the entire world.

After a quick Google search, the entire family is believed to be worth 400 Billion.

 

[Ichiban Moto]

I think the name says it all :

 

[dtrader]

Definitely a lot of conspiracy theory to it, but interesting to look into none the less. I'd have to agree with the previous poster, that China is less Communist then they're often portrayed to be. I really don't think there are any truly Communist nations today (not sure there ever were, if you define "communism" as its creators did).

 

[crazypj]

Nothing wrong with good conspiracy theory
However much they have, it's still probably more than every single person on this site added together (and last time I looked there were over 18,000 members 8) )
maybe that's a better perspective? ;D

 

[SONICJK]

I am worth more that they are












Okay no I'm not. But it was a nice thought for a second.

 

[crazypj]

We are all worth more than they are, just don't have much money ;D
Just cos they have shitloads doesn't make them good people (in fact, anyone who profits from war obviously has no moral value )

 

[J-Rod10]

The big conspiracy theory, is the Big 8, that essentially rule everything. Them, the Rockefeller's, Sachs, etc.

 

[crazypj]

as I said earlier, Rothschilds want a world currency, probably the 'others' as well.
You can bet it isn't to make 'out' lives easier

 

[J-Rod10]

The way the story reads now, the "Big 8" are all in cahoots with each other.

Interesting story, nonetheless.