A Logical Breakdown Of The Historical Conflict Which Has Surrounded Jews

Let me just start off with the fact my best friend of 25 years is Jewish, so don't try and come at me with some anti-semitic claims. My first boyfriend was Jewish. Never in my life have I ever had any feelings towards a group of people because of their religion or race or anything. How I feel about a person is based on nothing but what kind of person they are.

There were no motives to this research beyond seeking an understanding of current politics in context of history.

My understanding has always been that the Jewish people have been historically prosecuted because of their unyielding faith in God, and because they were God's 'chosen people'.

But I've always had a problem with the idea that God chose a race of people to be his favorite. It kind of went against everything else I knew about God.

It's important to understand the history of the Jewish people in its entirety – or at least in its recorded entirety.

Why was such a God-fearing people continuously prosecuted across so many cultures and so many centuries? What fuels this seemingly, ever-present anti-semetic narrative to continue through time?

A List of All Recorded Historic Prosecution

Let's start by reviewing a list of all the times the Jewish people were exiled and prosecuted from lands in recorded history:

• 19 CE: Emperor Tiberius expelled Jews from Rome.
• 38 CE: In Alexandria, Egypt, Jews were expelled from one of their quarters under the instigation of Aulus Avilius Flaccus.
• 41–53 CE: Emperor Claudius expelled Jews from Rome.
• 1144: In Norwich, England, the first recorded blood libel occurred, accusing Jews of ritual murder, leading to persecution.
• 1168: Jews in Gloucester, England, faced accusations of ritual murder, resulting in increased hostility and restrictions.
• 1171: In Blois, France, a blood libel accusation led to the execution of approximately 31 Jews.
• 1255: The alleged murder of a Christian boy, known as "Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln," resulted in the arrest and execution of Jews in England.
• 1290: King Edward I issued the Edict of Expulsion, banishing approximately 3,000 Jews from England. 
• 1306: King Philip IV expelled Jews from France, seizing their property and canceling debts owed to them.
• 1389: In Prague, within the Kingdom of Bohemia (modern-day Czech Republic), anti-Jewish riots led to the destruction of Jewish property and many deaths.
• 1396: Approximately 100,000 Jews were expelled from France.
• 1421: The "Wiener Gesera" in Austria led to the expulsion and execution of thousands of Jews, with their properties confiscated. 
• 1475: In Trent, Italy, a blood libel accusation resulted in the arrest and execution of several Jews.
• 1492: The Alhambra Decree ordered the expulsion of Jews from Spain, ending over a millennium of Jewish presence in the region. 
• 1496: Jews were expelled from Portugal following a decree by King Manuel I.
• 13th–15th Centuries: Various European regions enacted laws restricting Jewish economic activities, residence, and religious practices.
• 1840: In Damascus, Syria, the Jewish community faced accusations of ritual murder in the Damascus Affair, leading to arrests.
• 1882: The May Laws in Russia imposed severe restrictions on Jewish settlement and economic activities, confining them to the Pale of Settlement and limiting their rights.
• 1882: The May Laws in Russia imposed severe restrictions on Jewish settlement and economic activities.
• 1899: In the Czech lands the Hilsner Affair occurred, where a Jewish man was accused of murder.
• 1911: In Kiev, Russia, the Beilis trial saw a Jewish man accused of ritual murder.
• 1928: In the United States, some institutions, including universities, implemented quotas limiting Jewish admissions, reflecting societal beliefs.
• 1933–1939: Nazi Germany implemented over 400 decrees and regulations, systematically stripping Jews of their rights and property. 
• 1935: The Nuremberg Laws in Germany deprived Jews of citizenship and prohibited marriages between Jews and non-Jews. 
• 1938: Italy's Racial Laws excluded Jews from public service, education, and restricted their economic activities.
• 1939–1941: Countries allied with or occupied by Nazi Germany, such as Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, and Vichy France, enacted their own anti-Jewish laws, mirroring Nazi policies.

Ok, so what the heck right? What's with the centuries of anti-semitism?

But Is Racism Really at The Root of These Events?

How do we explain this extreme level of anti-semitism being so pervasive in every culture? What's at its root? Why are "God's chosen people" continuously prosecuted by evil?

Well, what if it's not just because ignorance and senseless hate?

Financial Control and Monopolization, Not Racism, at the Root of These Expulsions and Prosecutions

The concept of usury, or "selling money" by charging interest on loans was seen as a sin in all religions – belief was that wealth should be a product of labor and production, not exploitation. But this was not the case for the Jewish tradition, where it was only sinful to charge interest to fellow Jews — all others were fair game.

Communities could not compete economically because their religious laws forbade the financial tactics used by Jewish lenders. Jewish financiers extracted wealth without local reinvestment, leading to economic instability and massive economic control over whole regions and even the individuals and institutions in control of those regions.

Expulsions or legislation for Jewish people was not just due to irrational racism or so-called "antisemitism", it was because the cyclical monopolization and collapse of local economies.

Here are a few sources to look into, I suggest using Google Scholar and searching for results from before 1880.

Unlike the common narrative that Jews were unjustly prosecuted and excluded from land ownership due to antisemitism, the truth is that the Jews were excluded because their financial model led to systemic control over wealth, destabilizing local economies and disempowering non-Jewish competitors.

1. The Jewish Advantage: Financial Practices vs. Religious Restrictions

The Jewish religious law permits lending money with interest to non-Jews (Deuteronomy 23:20).

But Christian and Islamic laws banned usury, meaning almost all non-Jews were strictly forbidden from profiting through lending. As a result, Jewish financiers could extract wealth from non-Jewish communities without competition, gradually monopolizing financial power.

Christian doctrine promoted charity and generosity, while Jewish financial customs emphasized investment and return on capital. This meant that Jewish businesses could expand capital indefinitely, while Christian business models often remained limited by religious and ethical restrictions.

The result? Jewish financiers and merchants systematically gained control over capital, assets, and trade.

2. The Business Model: Controlling Wealth Without Producing Goods

Jews controlled economies through asset management, not labor or land cultivation.

Money lending allowed Jews to produce wealth without any labor. Tax farming gave them control over government revenue collection, and merchant trade networks allowed them to profit from global economic flows. Plus, banking systems enabled them to finance kings, wars, and entire national economies – also giving them power over the most powerful.

This led to long-term economic monopolization, and complete societal control without any visibility or accountability.

3. The Cycle of Financial Control and Expulsions

As Jews acquired disproportionate economic influence, communities became dependent on Jewish lenders for credit, taxation, and trade.

This led to economic destabilization, as Jewish financiers extracted wealth from communities without reinvesting it locally. Kings and rulers relied on Jewish bankers for funding, but when debts became unpayable, Jewish financiers were often expelled or forcibly converted.

Jewish financial dominance was not due to racial discrimination, but because their business model disrupted economic stability and concentrated power.

4. The Evolution of Jewish Financial Oligarchy

By the 18th and 19th centuries, Jewish banking families, like the Rothschilds, had gained control over entire national economies.

But instead of being expelled, Jews now controlled financial institutions so deeply that governments could not remove them without economic collapse. The invention of central banking, debt-based lending, and inflation-based economic models ensured that Jewish banking families remained at the core of modern finance.

This economic transition solidified Jewish economic dominance, as banks replaced landowners and monarchs as the true rulers of nations. This allowed the Jewish financiers to operate invisibly while controlling a societies' entire economy.

The Creation of Inflation as a Financial Weapon

Inflation was introduced as a tool of economic control by expanding credit and controlling money supply artificially.

By lending money to governments at interest, Jewish financiers forced nations into perpetual debt cycles. Currency devaluation and central banking replaced traditional gold and silver systems, ensuring that wealth extraction through inflation continued indefinitely.

This system created a financial oligarchy, where Jewish banking families maintained power without needing land, production, or physical assets.

Now, Before You Grab Your Pitchforks

And starts calling me an anti-semite or nazi, I want to clarify my intentions in writing this. Like I said, my best friend since second grade is Jewish and so many of my closest friends are Jewish.

I don't think they are apart of some global conspiracy to control wealth. Every Jewish person I know is hard-working, intelligent and not seeking power or control.

That being said, as a society, we have to understand the origins of the people who are in control of our society. I really hate how attacked people are for any criticism of anyone who might be Jewish just in the name of anti-semitism.

We also have to understand the abuse we allow by continuing the practice of interest-slavery. The inflationary debt cycle has created entire global economies based not on production, value, or assets – but credit expansion, financialization, and speculative growth.

We have to know what needs to be done to protect our communities and ensure wealth does not become concentrated among a small proportion of citizens who are only interested in accumulating more, no matter the expense or economic harm done to the country as a whole.

We have to find a way to shift away from our debt-based economy and being working towards establishing an economy of value.

Some Statistics of Interest

The Jewish people make up less than 2% of our country's population. Yet, of the 400 richest Americans, 139 are Jewish – that's 35%.

When you consider the most powerful financial institutes in America–Goldman Sachs, Blackrock, Google, Facebook, Dell, Oracle, Bloomberg–are all founded by or led by Jewish individuals, it makes one think. Not to mention the media and entertainment industry in America–Warner Brothers, Paramount, MGM, Universal–were founded by Jewish immigrants and continue to be controlled by Jewish executives.

At least 170 Jews and persons of half-Jewish ancestry have been awarded the Nobel Prize, accounting for 22% of all individual recipients worldwide between 1901 and 2005, and constituting 37% of all US recipients during the same period.  

So What's Up With The Claims of Child Sacrifice?

If you look at the list above again you'll see quite a few claims of child sacrifice which make make you think SURELY that's false and just unfounded claims.

But here is the thing.

Imagine you are a dirt poor farmer in England, 1200. Your last cow just died and you have nothing of value. Your home is just scrap wood and you have absolutely no valuables.

You are desperate for a loan. But what can you provide as collateral? What can you offer? Well, your body and your labor. If you did not pay off the loan, you would have to give them your body and become, in a sense, a slave.

Or if you were lucky enough to have a bunch of children, perhaps you could promise them one of your children. You do this knowing that you will pay the loan back and your child will be safe. But what happens if you were brazen enough to make that deal and something went wrong?

Defaulting on a loan would mean surrendering oneself, one’s family, or even future generations to debt slavery. And in a financially dominated world, people willingly walked into slavery by signing away their own bodies in exchange for loans. This meant that financial elites could enslave entire populations—not through war, but through paper contracts.

Ancient Mesopotamians, Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and Chinese societies all practiced debt servitude. A person who could not repay a loan became property of the lender, sometimes for life. In many cases, the lender would take the borrower’s wife or children as well, turning them into collateral for unpaid debts.

Mainstream history flat-out reject the medieval allegations against Jewish communities regarding ritual sacrifice, but we should probably consider that its possible the accusations originated from real societal practices of debt-based servitude that were misunderstood, misrepresented, or exaggerated over time. If we strip away the sensationalism, these allegations may have roots in real debt-based practices where children were used as repayment.

Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice tells the story of being forced to pay back a loan with flesh: