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Originally Posted by AcGold
Who is the most wealthy now? I want to know your ideas and won't respond with condescension. People are usually so quick to jump to the rhetoric conspiracy theorist route as if no conspiracies ever happened.
Obviously it's impossible to know everything so being wrong is pretty much inevitable. Hit me with what you got, I want to know because I'm always looking for every side of the story. Don't hold back, if they call you conspiracy theorist it just proves they are biased and ignorant.
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Honestly, I have no idea. You can make a good case for the Rothschild, 'Saxe-Coburg and Gotha/Windsor' and Rockefeller families, the Vatican too. Traditionally the monetary elite are 10 steps ahead of the rest of the world and they have no interest in helping us play catch up, that's why you have to reach back over 100 years to be able to make any definitive claims.
I do know Forbes deliberately omits the old money families from their 'wealthiest in the world' lists on the basis that it is so difficult to get a comprehensive understanding of their finances and who's actually pulling the purse strings. Also, Forbes lists are meant more to recognize entrepreneurial success rather than who's actually the wealthiest.
Learning about these families has reinforced to me that 'money' is the one true god of this world, all morality and justice bow to the dollar. The best way to understand any situation is to follow the money.
This is probably the best comprehensive video I've seen on the Rothschild house (please ignore the ridiculous thumbnail, the analysis itself is much more level headed than the thumbnail implies):
e: I welcome criticism and doubt, I'm still dipping my toes into this world and appreciate opposing viewpoints.