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The current monetary system is a historical "rip off" controlled by banks, causing economic problems, mounting debts, and sinking living standards. Depressions are contrived, and nations don't need debt. Banks create money as debt, deciding when and how much to produce, leading to an unsustainable system that could destroy Western civilization. This system is "legalized theft."
In 1910, representatives of wealthy banking families (Rothschilds, Rockefellers, and Morgans) met secretly on Jekyll Island to draft legislation to control the money trust. They aimed to maintain the illusion of uncontrollable business cycles and establish a central bank captive to the money trust. The Rothschilds profited from national debt, manipulating nations by controlling loans. Historically, goldsmiths abused fractional reserve lending, and King Henry created tally sticks to counter this.
Andrew Jackson opposed national debt and a central bank, but his return to a gold system allowed bankers to regain control. Lincoln issued greenbacks to fund the Civil War, but bankers undermined this with the National Bank Act. The Panic of 1907 was created to promote a new central bank. The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 created a private central bank, leading to the Great Depression, which the Fed deliberately worsened. The solution involves forbidding national borrowing and fractional reserve lending, and issuing debt-free sovereign currency.