The Rothschild banking family went down in history as the owners of the largest private wealth not only in the world but even in history with affiliate properties in London, Naples, Paris, Frankfurt, and Vienna. Currently, the family wealth has been diversified into more economically productive ventures such as financial services, production of wines and soft drinks, energy generation, real estate investments and even mining of minerals (Byford 78).
The massive wealth as possessed by the Rothschild family has been a subject of suspicions, speculation and unending doubts about the exact identity of the Rothschild. For instance, while existing documents only recognize the five sons of Mayer Amschel Rothschild, there have always been endless suspicions that there are certain superpowers that have secretly invested in the vast family wealth and thus remotely dictate the economy of the world while concealing their identity under the Rothschild family. Furthermore, the relationship between the Rothschild family and the superpowers of the world such as France, United States of America and Russia have elicited mixed emotions and reactions from hawk-eyed observers who firmly believe that there is something else beyond just family wealth that has catapulted the Rothschild family to its current economic status. Hence, the general public perception is that there are fundamental conspiracies between the Rothschild and other undisclosed parties that have continuously sustained the family on the economic fronts.
The predominant plot about the Rothschild, as developed by modern theorists, is that the family has an insatiable quest for money. Modern scholars believe that the family has continuously engaged in crude deals with undisclosed partners for the sole benefit of reaping massive amounts of money; provided money is guaranteed, the Rothschild family is willing to compromise their wealth so as to get more money. Since the family has massive amounts of money within its disposal; getting finical support to procure such deals has never been an issue to deliberate upon.
In one of his public boasts, Nathan (one of the five Rothschild brothers) openly declared that he cared petite about who was enthroned to rule England but believed that whoever was in charge of Britain’s money supply, definitely controls England, and he, Nathan, controlled the supply of money to Britain. At some point in the 19th century, the Rothschild family played the current functions as held by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), having total control over the currencies of major nations of the world including the United States of America (Gates 281). Hence, the family neither feels guilty nor does it mind any dirty financial involvements for the sake of growing obscenely wealthy. This conspiracy is thus supported by some reasons and evidence.
Similarly, to ensure that all their servants and employees toe the line, each of the family’s investments in Europe was placed under one of the Meyer’s sons; the eldest Amschel Mayer Rothschild was in charge of the family fortune in Frankfurt, Salomon Mayer Rothschild was assigned Vienna, Nathan Mayer Rothschild was sent to manage the family wealth in London, Calmann Mayer Rothschild oversaw the Rothschild fortunes in Naples, and the last born so, Jakob Mayer Rothschild, was assigned Paris. At no single time did Meyer allow any outsider to manage the family wealth and subsequently referred to any such attempts as meddling into his family’s affairs.
The lust for money, according to the Nazis, is what has motivated the Rothschild family to from time and again start wars in the world and go ahead to finance the protagonist and antagonist sides so as to amerce wealth for the family. The Rothschild family does not take sides whenever a war breaks up in the world but instead plays both sides. For instance, it is believed that the family made excessive amounts of money from continuously prodding nations into a series of endless wars during the World War I and World War II. The perception that the Rothschild family was the central figure in the Napoleonic wars was further advanced in the movie “The Rothschild’s’ shares in the Waterloo,” a movie that revealed the Rothschild family as the greatest financial benefactor of the Napoleon wars (Gulyas 319).
A case scenario of the 1815 Battle of Waterloo further adds weight to the conspiracy claims as held against the Rothschild family. Just after the Battle of the Waterloo, in what was seen as collaboration with superior internal forces, Rothschild couriers successfully delivered news that British has won to Nathan Rothschild twenty-four hours ahead of government messengers who had been mandated to report back. In response to the news, Nathan realized that the fluctuating prices of bonds were bound to steadily rise and hence went ahead to buy bond on the next day at extremely low prices only to sell them at exorbitant prices when the government messengers finally delivered official news; news that Nathan had already received ahead of the government (Kannon and Christopher 365).
The conspiracy in the battle of the Waterloo is that Nathan initially craftily managed to create an impression on the bonds market that Britain had lost and thus the prices would sink further. Investors in the bonds market were therefore after pulling out their fortunes before the worst prices hit the market. No one could doubt the fact that Nathan willingly offered to buy the same bonds even when prices were bound to hit a record low. Of course, wealthy people like the members of the Rothschild family to which Nathan belonged had the financial power to hold onto the bonds until prices resurged without necessarily feeling the financial pinch. The truth of the matter, according to theorists, is that the Rothschild family’s banks had heavily invested in the war and were pretty much aware of the outcome. In fact, British’s victory had already been fixed by the Rothschild family so as offset a short-term yet lucrative gain on bonds by the family.
While the Rothschild family repulsed off any conspiracies surrounding the family’s wealth, the Nazi government took a bold step, and the results seemed to a large extent, confirm the initial fears. The intensity and extents of World War I and World War II, according to modern theorists, were too extreme that no single entity, however, wealthy it was, could successfully finance the two wars. It thus implies that the wars were beyond the financial ability of the Rothschild family or any other financial institution and as a result, the International Monetary Fund was established (Morton 275). The emergency of the international monetary fund as the strongest financial system on earth subsequently brought an end to any involvements of the Rothschild family in the two wars, a move that brought an end to what had been a booming business for the Rothschild family.
The establishment of Israel is another confirmation of the Rothschild conspiracy. During the period when Israel was creation, there were numerous descendants of the Rothschild family. In fact, the once held family secrets risked being let out due to the far much spread family with members almost in hundreds of thousands. While some of the family members were still engaged in banking and asset management businesses, a section of the descendants felt there was sufficient wealth to sustain lavish lifestyles and therefore had opted into philanthropy. Other family members were practicing different businesses around Europe. In the 1940s, a section of Rothschild family members fully supported the idea of creating Israel while others were totally opposed. It was evident the initial unity and togetherness that had characterized the family was long gone. As a result, some different and unrelated financial firms were involved in the creating Israel; some which were Rothschild banks while others were owned by different investors. The sudden change in course and subsequent twisting of events into dark prominent deeds thus further affirm to the Rothschild conspiracy claims.
In conclusion, the whole idea of the wealthy Rothschild family is a conspiracy. Mayer Amschel Rothschild, working as an apprentice in a small bank in Hamburg, lived during the period when Jews were not allowed to own any property. The fact that he rose and created a complete wealthy dynasty remains a mystery. Although most conspiracy theories cannot be wholly held as true, the facts as brought out reveal that the entire wealth was amerced in a conspiracy.
Works cited
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Gulyas, Aaron J. Conspiracy Theories: The Roots, Themes and Propagation of Paranoid Political and Cultural Narratives. , 2016. Print.
Kannon, Alice V, and Christopher Hodapp. Conspiracy Theories and Secret Societies for Dummies. Hoboken, N.J: John Wiley & Sons, 2013. Print
Morton, Frederic. The Rothschilds: A Family Portrait. New York: Diversion Books, 2014. Print
