Do the Rothschilds Control the World? | Unpacked

From humble beginnings in the Frankfurt ghettos of the 1760s, Mayer Amschel Rothschild's rise to patriarch of a global banking empire is often overshadowed by enduring yet baseless antisemitic accusations that paint the Rothschild family as puppeteers behind world affairs. The Rothschild name has been synonymous with both financial innovation and conspiracy theories ranging from controlling global events to creating financial crises.

Despite their continued contributions to banking and philanthropy, the Rothschild heirs remain symbols of harmful Jewish stereotypes about wealth. In the digital age, these theories have not only persisted but have grown and been embellished upon online, shrouding the family’s legacy in continued controversy.

Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:43 Jews, moneylending, and banking
01:56 The antisemitic greedy trope
02:22 Rise of the Rothschild banking empire
04:01 The Rothschild conspiracy
07:11 The conspiracy theory spreads widely
08:51 Rothschild as synonymous with Jewish greed
9:11 Modern embellishments of the conspiracy theory
10:00 The Rothschild family today
11:03 How to fight conspiracy theories

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Executive Producer:
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