Discussing what the Rothschilds Did Right

This post is a brief take on an old issue that illustrates my point.

Many of us have probably been exposed to much of the conspiracy theory literature about howthe Rothschilds got out of the Frankfort ghetto in the late 1700s and the early 1800s, that is, during
the Napoleonic era.

It's true that during the Napoleonic era, the ghetto system came down.  It's true that the Rothschilds were living crammed, as were many of Frankfurt's Jewish population, forced by decree, to live inside
the ghetto area of that city.

Despite those horrendous conditions, the Rothschilds did business with the local, regional, and
national authorities that kept them confined to the ghettos.  

I don't doubt for a minute that the head of the Rothschild family, Mayer Amschel Rothschild, resented the lot in life he was forced into - and yet, resentful as he must have been, to be confined to
a ghetto setting, he still did business and thrived, slowly, but he thrived.

His son, Nathan, he sent to Manchester in England to work as a merchant.

Nathan managed to do rather poorly at first.

Nevertheless, he still thrived, and in the end, took over the bank of England.

The guy was smart.

He also reigned over his fears, his passions, and his desires.

It was during the course of the Battle of Waterloo that Nathan Rothschild managed to maneuver the buying and selling, taking incredible risks that would have bankrupted him, and in the end, he became master of the British economy.

He had been doing merchandising for years. Then he built a network of agents that maneuvered their way between the British Isles and the Napoleonically occupied European continent.  There were British naval blockades in place to thwart back and forth traffic.

 And yet, Nathan Rothschild's agents evaded them all.


He bribed people in Napoleon's government. His agents went back and forth.

They brought back information to Nathan that enabled him to make financial and business decisions before anyone else caught on.

Now, for the Battle of Waterloo.

If Napoleon had won instead of lost this last battle, the British economy would have sunk.

Nathan Rothschild had bought a very large number of British financial securities and inflated the British stock market. He also had his agents do the same.  Others who watched him did the same.

Now, Nathan sent forth agents to Belgium were the Battle of Waterloo was in progress.

They then realized that Napoleon was now beaten when Blucher's Prussian troops came on the scene and enabled the forces fighting for the Duke of Wellington to take the initiative.  Napoleon sent in his Imperial Guard to break the Allied lines but failed. It was now over; Napoleon was beaten.

Agents on the scene then sent messengers back to England to inform Nathan Rothschild, on the very day of the defeat of Napoleon that Wellington had just won.

That very day, Nathan knew that the British had won and that Napoleon was beaten.

No one else in England knew that.

Nathan then went to the London Stock Exchange and dumped all his shares or British stock.  His agents did the same.

Now the British stock exchange went down, way, way down.

It looked like Napoleon had won instead of lost.

Others started dumped their shares.

The British securities hit bottom.  The British economy looked like it was dead.

As soon as all the others out there had dumped all their shares of British stock, Nathan now shifted gears and bought everything that everybody had dumped.

Everything.

His agents did the same.

Now, Nathan Rothschild owned practically the whole portfolio of British securities.

Then soon after that, news arrived that Napoleon lost and that Wellington had won.

The British economy soared.

The Bank of London rose sky high again.

It rose. And rose. And rose.

But there was one problem.

All those securities and stocks and bonds that all those people had dumped were now property of Nathan Rothschild and his agents.

Nathan Rothschild now owned the re-invigorated British economy. He made the rules.

And the Bank of England was in his pocket.


How he pulled it off resulted from his ability to keep the blood in his veins icy cold and the emotions on his face from showing.

He kept a poker face throughout the whole drama.

And when people found out what happened -- Nathan was the boss.

He was likely raised in the Frankfurt Ghetto with his dad, his mother, and his four other brothers.

He rose from being a kid in a ghetto to master of the British economy.

He prevented his resentments for being confined to a ghetto from interfering with his plans.

He didn't  let his passions rule him.  He ruled them.

His fears didn't rule him.  He ruled them.

He didn't let his desires rule him.  He used them like instruments, like tools, and ruled them to get what he wanted.

Now this post is not my typical article nor essay. It is only a sketch made of bits and pieces of stuff I read to show something.

My other works will be done more methodically, deliberately, and carefully with citations, references, etc.

This post is just an illustration.

He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king. - John Milton - BrainyQuote

He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king. - John Milton - BrainyQuote

We start this whole business of avoiding the shit life, falling into this horrible trap, with this quotation.

Why?

If you can't rule over your feelings, what's made strictly for doing just that, FEEL, then your feelings do your thinking for you. 
If you think with your feelings, instead of with your brains,then . . . 

you're nothing but a slave to your feelings.

Now, that's your passions, your fears, and your desires.