Hey anon glad to have you here. Bit tipsy so apologies for the informality of this post, but a foundational knowledge of the financial sytem and its history is ESSENTIAL (IMHO) in order to grasp the bigger picture here. There are some great resources out there, but none perfect to the cause that ive seen, so youll half to just start soaking up info as it comes.But heres a rundown:
Gold was the original universal currency and foundation of banking. Even in times of the Sumerians/egyptians/Isrealites (etc) - no matter what coinage was used wthin those empires (backed by the authority of those empires) Gold could be used to easily trade across borders - as everyone accepted it. This continued for centuries. With gold being the defacto universal currency
Banks of course sprang up from this. In local markets you could safely deposit gold for a ticket that could be returned to receive back said quantity of gold. Boom paper currency,
Over time the "safe owners" realized not everyone came back for their gold at the same time. If you did it right you could loan out more paper currency (at interest) than you had gold. As long as the market was right, you could simply live off the interest while technically owning the debt - even though there was no way in hell you could pay off everyone who came to claim their IOUs all at onece. Boom - fractional reserve banking
This goes on for centuries. A signifigant innovation was the government bond. Gold really dosnt mean shit to someone you has you locked in their basement with intent to kill you the next full moon. But force does. An army - supplied with food and cutting edge weapons (pun not intended) trumps the intrinsic value of gold - or paper - or law. Anything really. People like not being stabbed by barbarians.
Lets say you are in command of an army which is fully equipped and fed, but you need gold to buy labor or technology from a nonloyal group for whatever reason. Happens all the time. A very relevent solution was implemented by king henry the (III?) using tally sticks. He took some twigs, split them in half, and for some gold would give one part matching half to you and kept the other. He then declared it was the only form of currency he would accept taxes in, and if you didnt pay taxes he would fucking kill you.
Those twigs became mighty valuable. If the king was especially broke you could loan the king some gold for some (a bond). As long as the king/army stayed true to their word you were in the all clear
A few more centureis pass, Europe has become so focused on fucking up natives all across the world they really didnt bother warring with other european countries. Why fuck with people with cannons when you can fuck with people with daggers amiright? This leads to increased trade across kingdoms.
But theres a problem. What if your in like a three way trade and everyones using paper currency issued by their respective governement? HAVE NO FEAR< NATHAN ROTHSCHILD IS HERE.
For all the hate they did serve a technical purpose at first. One I wont get into detail here but consider the following quotes
"Banking, at its heart, is about getting money from point A to point B"
And post waterloo buyout - regarding fractional reserve shares
"Leave the last 10 percent for someone else"
Now we are in the late 1800s (1880-90s) Think of what you could do owning 90 percent of european wealth at that time - and continued to do so until the 1970s. And some punk JFK keeps saying shit like "the time to fix your roof is when the sun is shining"
Id pop a cap in that niggas ass. Wait. You didnt here that… Fuck it I own everything now even antartica and shit. #NeverTrump
"They never thought he would win…." -Q
There are some good documentaries out there you should watch. At its core, this is all about money (or at least its the common denominator) Understand that and youll understand the big picture
I havnt found one that explains everything accurately and in full (its a very complex situation) but every bit helps. Just be discerning. 4 horseman/Money Masters & Rich mans trick are good for starters though
For more info simply google "Hitory of [x] documentary youtube"
Otherwise X =
Rothschild
Money
Banks
Central Banks
Federal Reserve
debt
gold
civalization
industrial revolution
economy
fiat currency
etc…