In 1694, a series of undisclosed investors manufactured a government-empowered, privately-owned central bank that could produce money out of nothing. The institution was purposely and misleadingly named the Bank of England to deceive the citizens into believing its part of the public interest and owned by the people. We may not understand the repercussions quite yet, but hopefully, we will begin to highlight the detriment money changers and central banks are to society and the changes necessary to fix our broken system. To quickly recap, the English empire was overexpanding into new territories and taking over land from native inhabitants or the other European countries by force, then used slaves to produce vast amounts of labor and goods that could be shipped back to England and taxed. In order to cut costs, the English were large participants in the African Slave Trade which exchanged goods and services for the lives and labor of Africans. As the cost of expanding into several continents was becoming too large to bear, simultaneously religious prosecution and poverty led to many wars that further drained England’s economy and infrastructure. These wars became so expensive, along with the cost of trying to run the world, that the English created a privately owned central bank, that would allow them to issue money at the interest that didn’t exist, and profit from it, which now serves as the archetypal central bank that other countries use as a platform to try and replicate. In the early 1700s, in order to secure the awareness and strength of the Bank of England, without any discretion, the newly formed institution would loan sizeable sums of money to legislators and royalty for campaigning and personal spending purposes. In return, the politicians would create mandatory laws that made the citizens pay taxes with the newly issued banknotes from the Bank of England, or by subject to jail time, physical harm, or confiscate citizens' property. With the free money, the politicians would mindlessly lobby for the interests of the bank, rather than take into consideration the needs, rights, or best interests of their constituents. The wealth and power the politicians were accumulating with the support of the newly formed central bank, which controlled the issuance of money, allowed the politicians to buy their votes. As a result, the politicians began excluding the lower and middle classes from their representation at a greater rate and commenced the tradition of putting politicians’ personal interests before the welfare and health of the very people who elected them and were sworn to represent. “The central bank scam is really a hidden tax, the nation sells bonds to the central bank to pay for things it does not have the political will to raise taxes to pay for, but the bonds are purchased with money the central bank creates out of nothing! More money in circulation makes your money is worthless. The government gets as much money as it needs and the people pay for it in inflation. The beauty of the plan is not one person in a thousand can figure it out because it's usually hidden being complex-sounding economics gibberish.” (The Money Masters Documentary, 1988)As we will mention time and time again; central banking, inflation, and money changers are the result of a well-thought-out and perfectly executed scheme for the wealthiest people in the world to have control over the masses, while they beg for the necessities they rightfully deserve. After centuries of our ancestors working tirelessly to improve the conditions of the world, it was all about to be made for nothing, because of the rights and control the common people gave up without even knowing it. In only four years after the central bank was created, the debt of England went from the 1.2 million dollars that were used to create the institution, to a staggering 12 million, multiplying their debt by ten in a mere four years. As a result, the prices of everyday goods went up, taxes were increased and the quality of life of the lower and middle classes began to quickly diminish. The new influence of the central bank led the England economy to go through consistent boom and bust cycles while allowing the wealthy to capture the profits of the sharp turn in conditions and the poor to have to surrender their assets. Truthfully, for investors, it’s difficult to make money in stable markets. For the ultra-wealthy to become richer, they need sharp economic movements and if nature doesn’t cause them, they will. So, what’s it called when your taxes are increasing and the prices of everyday goods are going up? When you go to the grocery store and notice that a gallon of milk is more expensive than the previous year, what is that? When you go to the gas station to fill up your tank, but it costs almost double as much as it used to? This is the result of decades of carefully crafted and planned financial falsification and money illusion, originated by the elite and carried out by the people being docile citizens. So, what is it called when prices increase? Well, it's inflation. However, this is only a small sliver of the story. What’s really happening is called Money Illusion. Investopedia defines Money Illusion as, “an economic theory stating that people have a tendency to view their wealth and income in nominal dollar terms, rather than in real terms.” This is a powerful statement, when you think about your wealth, you most likely think about how much United States Dollars (USD) you have. How much USD is in your bank? How much is your house worth in terms of USD? How many assets or liabilities do you have in your car, art collection, student loans, mortgage in terms of USD? The problem with this mentality is that we live in an inflationary economy where the value of the USD is constantly going down in real terms. Every year, the money in your bank account loses money in real terms, it allows you to buy less and less every year your wealth decreases if you keep it denominated in USD. The following piece of information is going to be a summary of the Bankless Podcast hosted by Ryan Sean Adams and David and their guest Mark Yusko who manages traditional and cryptocurrency financial funds.Mark Yusko states, “If you look at US Equities since 2008, they appear to be up. The nominal price is higher, the index number is higher. However, if you denominate by central bank assets, by fed balance sheet… dead flat. Let thank sink in for a second. If you denominate in gold, which is real money and has been for 5000 years, we are at the same level in US stock prices as we were in 1996. Now if you were to denominate the S&P over the past few years in Bitcoin, woah it's ugly. So, it’s all about your reference currency and this is called Money Illusion.” Yusko goes on to state, “The plan is being executed flawlessly. It’s the dictator playbook. The dictator gets to the top and surrounds himself with cronies. The cronies own all the assets and then you devalue the currency… it’s been executed flawlessly.” We’re going to dive into the rabbit hole that is Money Illusion, how it started, why they do it, how it affects you, and how it can be stopped. It’s important to keep in mind that we’re going to talk about complex and detailed topics that may seem historical in nature, but our country is so young that events that happened one hundred, two hundred, or even three hundred years ago still have an impact on generations that live today. 
(Aerial view of the Bullion Depository. The depository was built by the Treasury in 1936 in Fort Knox. Shipments of gold totaling almost 13,000 metric tons were moved by the 1st U.S. Cavalry Regiment to the depository. In the past, the depository has housed such items like the Constitution of the United States and the Declaration of Independence (Puleo, Stephen (2016)), (9 Billion in Gold Shifted by US". The Washington Post. 5 March 1941. p. 23)) Looking back at Europe, we’re going to look at the foreign affairs that were occurring to understand the context the Bank of England was operating. Regardless of the domestic conditions for England; the government and Money Changers had their minds set on continuing the expansion of the most powerful empire the world has ever seen. From, 1701-1714, in the War of Spanish Succession, England again sided with Spain, the Holy Roman Empire, and other countries against France, in order for Spain to be an independent country. As a result, Steven Pincus believes, “Britain is usually seen as the main beneficiary of Utrecht, which marked its rise to becoming the dominant European commercial power.” Once again, the English took advantage of the desperation and war efforts of other countries. After the war, England established positive relationships with important trading ports in the foreign countries that would allow England to expand their military and economic influence and control. In addition, while the war was happening, England and Scotland signed the Acts of Union in 1707 which formally united the two nations and created Great Britain. With this newly formed nation, Great Britain planned to continue its reign of dominance by conquering American territories and profiting massively off of the Atlantic slave trade. As the years went on and the Money Changers were gaining tremendous profit off the global trading regions that were constructed. One of the major events that caused Great Britain to increase their international strength occurred from 1756-1763 when Great Britain was fighting their European counterparties to gain control over more areas in the Americas, Caribbean, India, and Africa in the Seven Years’ War. Great Britain’s new and unlimited spending capacity created out of the formation and success of the privately-owned Bank of England made the British more than willing to enter into what is considered in retrospect the first large-scale global war the world has ever seen. The commencement of the battles began after the British were eager to gain more control of the abundant French territory that was in the Americas in 1754 and which began what is now known as the French and Indian war. At the time in the new territories, the British population outnumbered the French 20:1 and King George II of Britain was getting old and fragile. This served as an ideal opportunity to seize rich land and extend the territory of Great Britain further inland, which acted as his last display of imperialism and cemented his legacy further into history. The opening battle of the French and Indian war started when a 22-year-old, high-ranking British officer named George Washington partnered with nearby Indian tribes to ambush the French in the Battle of Jumonville Glen. This single victory sparked several other British triumphs in the region and they went on to dominate the French and take over a majority of their land and settlements in the Americas.Slightly before the Seven Years War, there were more armed conflicts brewing in Europe, more specifically from 1740-1748 the war of Austrian succession was taking place. The war was occurring on multiple fronts with France and Prussia on one side and Britain and the Habsburg empire on the other. The Habsburg empire is commonly referred to in history as the Austrians empire, or the Austrians, so from this point forward this is how we will refer to them. The Austrian empire was suffering from internal affairs that turned into domestic conflicts when issues in deciding who would secure the hereditary line, and who would inherit the massive quantity of wealth and power that was left behind to the next King of Austria. In addition, this conflict was amplified by two expanding nations inside of the Holy Roman Empire, Prussia, and Austria. Throughout the early 18th century, the two countries would constantly be in power struggles to see who would prevail victoriously and claim the vast amount of land that was ready to be developed. The end of the war never led to any secured resolutions and the lingering after-effects of the Prussia and Austrian struggles led to the conflict from 1756 to 1763 within Europe. During the Seven Years War from 1756-1763, a very famous switch of alliances occurred when Austria, which was primarily partnered with Britain, choose to fight alongside France, one of Britain’s greatest rivals. On the other hand, Prussia, who was known to favor France in previous battles, choose to align with Britain during this armed altercation. The battle came down to the cultural differences between the four nations and Britain and Prussia’s struggle for having more power and influence within the region. During the war, there were several parliament members in Britain that were worried about the exceedingly high levels of national debt they were taking on in order to participate in these wars. From 1756 when it was at around ?75 million (which is still extremely high for the time) to in 1963 having over ?130 million in government debt, with the interest payments absorbing over half of the government's budget. Still, they managed to get through the intercontinental battles, and after several bloody encounters and nearly 1.3 million people dead, injured, or lost the war ended with Britain and Prussia’s victory in Europe with the Treaty of Hubertusburg and Britain and the Spanish’s victory in the Americas over France with the signatures on the Treaty of Paris. With these two treaties, Britain now had overwhelming control over the new Americas and large influence in Europe. This was the point Great Britain’s empire was at its peak with the strongest military and economic supremacy the world has ever seen up to this point. However, the empire was in an exceedingly large amount of debt and needed a revenue stream that would be able to quickly boost its economy. 
(British territories in the Americas, 1763–1776) Okay, so like we talked about earlier we will discuss certain individuals and families to truly explain the depth and scope of the problems we’re dealing with, and this will be one of those times. In 1710, Amschel Moses Bauer was born into a Jewish family in Frankfurt Germany. Amschel inherited his father’s gold money changing shop, which had a modest building run out of a small town that was considered underprivileged. During these times, instead of addresses on houses, the people of Germany used signs to depict where they lived. The sign Amschel’s father put in front of the shop had an eagle inside of a red shield and the firm was known as the Red Shield Firm, or when translated into German, Rothschild. Amschel had a son named Mayer Amschel in 174,4 and after Mayer began to run the money-changing business, he changed his name to Mayer Amschel Rothschild. Mayer Rothschild is widely responsible for the creation of the largest international banking empire that exists today and the Rothschilds are considered one of, if not, the wealthiest and most powerful families in the world. In 1757, at the young age of 13, the ambitious and unguarded child was able to attain an internship with a German-Jewish banking firm named Simon Wolf Oppenheimer with the help of connections from his family. The institution participated in money changing and foreign currency speculation as a business model and Simon’s son Jacob was the mentor for Mayer Rothschild from 1757-1763. When Rothschild returned to his family from tutoring at 19 years old, he told them, “Give me control of a nation's money supply, and I care not who makes its laws”. Mayer understood what it took to control a large population of people and even an entire nation. After his training, he was ready to finance the development of the new world and profit from the labor and sacrifice of others. Mayer increased the success of his business with his predatory tactics and gained the title of Court Factor in 1769, only 6 years after his mentorship. A court factor was a Jewish banker during the early modern period who was responsible for lending money out to royalty, handling finances, and managing investments for German nobles and royalty. The aristocrats of Germany allowed the Court factors to be nobles themselves, gave them special gifts, and offered them special social status for the services they were providing, all while the court factors would be making tremendous profits off the interest being charged on the large principals being lent out. Rothschild grew his client base greatly and started to have important connections with some of Germany's top officials. One of those officials was William I, Elector of Hesse, who after his father passed away inherited one of the largest estates in Europe and Rothschild was responsible for managing it. Mayer had large success as a court factor and earned a reputation for being one of the best money changers in Germany. Mayer’s earlier learnings in foreign exchange and monetary manipulation allowed him to profit on catastrophic events in human history that would change the landscape of society for better or for worse. Two of those events were the French and American revolutions that took place on different sides of the globe.Soon after Great Britain had taken over the entire Eastern side of America with their victory in the Seven Year's War against France, they needed to find a way for the large expenses they incurred taking over multiple continents. At first, the logistics, boundaries, and trading relationships with Native Americans were temporarily slowed down because of the confusion and sudden change in the policies and government structure. However, Great Britain’s settlements were becoming more economically advanced every single day and eventually were sufficient profit-producing territories. The large expenses incurred from the multi-continental campaign Great Britain involved itself with left its government in vast amounts of debt to the money changers and the central banking system. The Money Changers managed to influence the government to tax the people they ‘liberated’ in the new Americas to make up for the cost. As a result, the parliament and British crown agreed to increase taxes in order to recoup their nearly ?150 million in national debt and passed a series of laws including the Sugar Act, the Molasses Act, and the Stamp Act inside of the Americas which were all essential goods the colonists relied on and were accustomed to. Once these laws started to come from the crown, the people in America’s immediately started to feel unrest. One of the triggering events for the people occurred in 1770 when Americans were gathering in protest of the new tax laws that were stifling their economy and leading them to struggle. During the protest, the demonstrators were throwing rocks and small objects at a group of nine British soldiers, and in response to the protesters, the soldiers shot down 5 Americans in cold blood. This event would go on to be known as the Boston Massacre and would spark nationwide support for the rebellion against the British Empire. In the thirteen colonies over the next few years, a series of riots would occur and tensions began to rise. Economically, the Money Changers caused a financial credit crisis in 1772 that caused the East-India company, an international trading company based out of London, to come to near failure. Attempting to support the failing company, the parliament and crown passed the Tea Act and gave the East India Company a trading monopoly overall imports and exports of the Americas, allowing them to charge whatever price they would like, without any repercussions. To fight back against the new legislation, in December 1773 a group of political activists who lived in Boston dressed up as a nearby Native American tribe, and in the cold and frigid winter night dumped nearly 350 crates of tea overboard British Merchant ships into the Boston Harbor. Once again, this story circulated across the nation, titled the Boston Tea Party and activist groups across the 13-colonies began to spring up in states across the East coast. To attempt to counter the sabotage by the Boston organization, parliament passed punitive laws that sought to directly punish citizens of certain areas and began to enforce strict regulations that infringed on human rights and civil liberties. The constant tensions between the royalty of Britain and the 13 colonies led to the measured and ongoing organization of local power within the Americas. Small groups of people began to organize into informal lawmakers. In an effort not to completely disrupt the relationship with Great Britain, 12 of the 13 states came together in the First Continental Congress and formed impromptu laws that served as a boycott of certain goods to be imported from the British Crown to the Americas. The boycott was effective and ultimately led to a decrease of over 95% of British imports and a significant decrease in revenue for the European empire. The British parliament was shocked that the states were manifesting their own local governments and were actively rebelling against British laws. More acts of boycott from Britain and rebellion by the United States led to increasing tensions that culminated with the British making an effort to seize the weapons and equipment from Concord, Massachusetts which led to the Battles of Lexington and Concord in April 1775. To justify why the 13 colonies were actively fighting against the empire, the Second Continental Congress met and Thomas Jefferson transcribed the Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms. The composition starts like this,“The Legislature of Great Britain, however, stimulated by an inordinate passion for power, not only unjustifiable, but which they know to be peculiarly reprobated by the very Constitution of that Kingdom, and desperate of success in any mode of contest where regard should be had to the truth, law, or right, have at length, deserting those, attempted to effect their cruel and impolitic purpose of enslaving these Colonies by violence, and have thereby rendered it necessary for us to close with their last appeal from reason to arms.”The passage goes on to mention the British policies such as taxation without representation, the right to bear arms, and other crucial fundamental rights that allow Americans today to experience basic civil rights. Still, during the writing there were many colonists who still wanted to maintain steady relations with the British crown, however as time went on, it became more likely that independence and new laws were the only way from surrendering to the persecution of British control over politics and the economy. One of the main contributors to the Patriot's passion for independence came when Thomas Paine wrote his 47-page journal titled Common Sense. Paine was a British native who came to the Americas in 1774 shortly before the battles of Lexington and Concord. In this journal, Paine promotes the American separation from the British Empire and it became so popular that it was still the best-selling American book as of 2006. The book contains four different sections: I. Of the Origin and Design of Government in General, With Concise Remarks on the English ConstitutionII. Of Monarchy and Hereditary SuccessionIII. Thoughts on the Present State of American AffairsIV. On the Present Ability of America, With Some Miscellaneous Reflections Originally the novel was written anonymously in order to prevent Paine’s life from being put in danger at the hands of the empire. Eventually, he claimed the title, and at one point in section two states, “In England a king hath little more to do than to make war and give away places; which in plain terms, is to impoverish the nation and set it together by the ears. A pretty business indeed for a man to be allowed eight hundred thousand sterling a year for, and worshipped into the bargain! Of more worth is one honest man to society and in the sight of God, than all the crowned ruffians that ever lived.”Paine is stating that the only real goal of the government is to start a war and impoverish the nation and the Americans felt this point was very relatable because of the persecution and sabotage of the American society and economy. In addition, he was highlighting the real value of any country, which is the people on the ground working to create products and services for everyone to use. After this piece was spread throughout the country, the leaders of the colonies now had their minds set on true freedom and had to decide who was going to draft the new nation’s Declaration of Independence. The newly formed congress famously appointed five men to handle the creation and drafting of the most important documents in their lifetime. Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston commingled their ideas, penmanship, and influence into the declaration and when the Second Continental Congress signed and ratified the document on July 4th, 1776 the United States of America was born. While these monumental life-changing struggles around the world were occurring, the Money Changers viewed the competition of other nations as an opportune time to increase their personal wealth, property holdings, and influence. Mayer Rothschild took it upon his business to help secure payments, shipments of goods, and other crucial war material during the revolutionary war for Great Britain. These shipments would be going from Europe to America and return while delivering gun powder, weapons, and other military equipment. In addition to profiting from the equipment needed during the American revolution, Rothschild also coordinated the hiring of German mercenaries, called Hessians, to fight on the side of the British. The Hessians would go into a foreign country, sponsored by the Rothschilds, to fight for a malevolent empire to control one of the richest lands on the planet, so that the Money Changers could facilitate the growth of a second world. After the war, England had officially stopped combat in the new United States and it was free to create its own laws, draw its own borders and fight its own fights. Although thousands of people died in the battle, the Americans were happy to have their own country. The money changers were also happy, as they got to experience the rapid growth of their wealth during the wars and were able to expand their influence even further.Rothschild had grown to even greater prominence, even though the British lost., The Economist Publication writes, “During the American war of independence business for the Bank was so good that George Washington remained a shareholder throughout the period. (The many, often competing, jobs of the Bank of England". The Economist. 16 September 2017.). Rothschilds standing with the German king led him to have extreme power and wealth in the country and he was always looking for the next big opportunity to make massive amounts of wealth. That opportunity came when the French people were inspired by the events that took place in the United States and started a revolution for themselves. 
(Novus ordo seclorum is the Latin motto suggested in 1782 by Charles Thomson, the Founding Father chosen by Continental Congress to come up with the final design for the Great Seal of the United States. When translated, the phrase means: A New Age Now Begins)
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