":: Well said. And to the ""debunker"" above: what is Zeitgeist? Sorry, I've researched this subject for over 20 years. Just because something is not commonly known today does not mean it did not happen. It was common knowledge throughout the 18th & 19th Century that the Rothschild family owned most of everything - so much so in fact that it was known as the Age of the Rothschilds among historians. Try doing some independent research all of your own and you'll soon see that the ""conspiracy theories"" about the BoE being privately owned are in fact rooted in historical fact - history which was not so long ago common knowledge. I could give you a list of reading matter to educate yourself but why bother? Your mind is already closed to anything which does not come from an establisment mouthpiece.

 For your edification: the ""nationalisation"" of

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