Topic: Usury

Troy McLachlan characterizes the modern interest-based financial system as a form of dark alchemy used by elites to maintain power. Referencing Joseph P. Farrell's work on Babylonian banking, he argues that the control of money is the most effective tool of the Saturnian culture. McLachlan posits that dismantling the central banking model would effectively end the influence of Saturnian worship by removing the artificial scarcity that drives it.

The historical roots of banking are traced back to the biblical account of Jesus overturning the tables of the money changers in the Temple. The conflict centered on money changers cornering the market for the half shekel gold coins required for the yearly temple tax. By charging exorbitant fees for these specific coins, the money changers extracted wealth from the Jewish population under the guise of religious necessity.

The Knights Templar established early banking practices through usury before the system transitioned to medieval goldsmiths. These goldsmiths realized that only about 10% of deposited gold was ever physically redeemed, leading them to issue paper receipts for far more gold than they actually held. This practice of fractional reserve banking eventually formalized into the first central banking systems in Amsterdam and England during the 17th century.

The discussion explores the transition of power from the Knights Templar to the Jesuits, asserting that the Templars created the modern interest-based banking system. Johnny Cirucci argues that Jewish banking families, such as the Rothschilds, have been used as visible scapegoats by the Vatican to hide its own financial control. He claims this "Star of David" shield protects the true elite from public scrutiny.

Jim Marrs notes that ancient Sumerian cuneiform tablets contain recipes for four types of beer, suggesting the Anunnaki introduced the beverage. The conversation shifts to the origins of fractional reserve banking and usury, which Marrs traces back to Mesopotamia. He highlights the biblical account of Jesus expelling money changers from the temple as evidence that the financial system has always been intertwined with religious institutions.

The transition from the Golden Age to the modern era is linked to the mythological figure of Kronos or Saturn, the "Father of Time." McLachlan explains how the introduction of seasons and scarcity allowed an elite minority to enslave the majority through debt-based financial systems, replacing the abundance of the one-season Saturnian world.

The mechanics of usury and the 1913 creation of the Federal Reserve at Jekyll Island are discussed as a "con" that ensures global indebtedness. McLachlan explains that because interest is never printed into the money supply, the system requires constant new debt to pay off old debts, leading to astronomical national deficits.

The discussion addresses the "Jewish banking conspiracy" stereotype, arguing it is a modern red herring. McLachlan points out that the 1340s financial collapse was caused by Christian banking organizations and notes that families like the Rockefellers are not Jewish, suggesting the love of money and usury is a human trait rather than an ethnic one.