Jews Control Banking and Finance

Example 35: 'Jews control the whole banking and financial system':

This is possibly one of the commonest current forms of antisemitism, popularised by the Nazis in their propaganda. Jews in past centuries were forbidden to own land or enter certain professions, while Christians were sometimes forbidden to practise moneylending (‘usury’). Some Jews therefore became bankers, and some, such as the Rothschilds, did particularly well, eventually becoming probably the wealthiest of all Jewish families. As such they became symbolic targets for antisemites, including the Nazis, who directed an entire 'historical' film about them in the early 1940s. Nowadays the Rothschilds, while still a very wealthy family by most standards, are much further down the wealth list, and yet the myth persists that they control the whole banking and financial system (including the City of London and, amazingly, the Bank of England or the Federal Reserve - even fully nationalised central banks are, in this conspiracy theory, said to be controlled by the Rothschilds). The first memes shown below illustrate these antisemitic myths of total Rothschild (read 'Jewish') financial control.

As a corollary, of course, antisemites claim that the Rothschilds wield massive political power, as illustrated in the further memes below. It is sometimes stated that Zionism, as an ideology, and the actual state of Israel were founded by them; while some of the extended Rothschild family do have business interests in Israel today, the charge is of course entirely false. By extension, if Rothschilds created Israel they could have also created Isis (another antisemitic myth) and very likely the entire 'New World Order' - despite the best efforts of President Trump and 'anti-globalist protests'. But of course (final meme) antisemites claim that singling out one Jewish family is not antisemitic. In fact it is very rare to come across a social media meme featuring a member of the Rothschild family which is not deeply antisemitic in its intent.