Rockefeller conspiracy theories

[[File:John D. Rockefeller.jpg|thumb|right|165px|John D. Rockefeller, Sr.]]
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'''Rockefeller conspiracy theories''' constitute a range of bizarre claims about the enormously rich and often powerful '''Rockefeller family'''. The Rockefellers made their money in [[oil]] in the late 19<sup>th</sup> century, primarily through Standard Oil (the pre-breakup origin of several companies including Chevron and ExxonMobil, trading under brands such as Esso). Standard Oil was incorporated in [[Ohio]] in 1870, moving to [[New York]] in 1883. The Rockefellers rapidly established a huge monopolistic oil company. In 1911, the oil company was broken up under anti-trust legislation, but the Rockefellers retained a large share and continued to profit.

In their heyday early in the 20<sup>th</sup> century, John D. Rockefeller, Sr. was the richest man in the world, and his brother William wasn't far behind. Their other business interests included the Chase Manhattan Bank and the Rockefeller Center in New York (of ''30 Rock'' fame and a nice view). Later, they became involved in politics, mainly as moderate [[Republican Party|Republicans]] (their side of the party is still often known as [[Rockefeller Republican]]s). Nelson was governor of New York and vice president; his nephew Jay was a Democrat.<ref name=wp>{{wpa|Rockefeller family}}</ref><ref name=knight>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qMIDrggs8TsC&lpg=PA623&ots=tghjMSCjw5&dq=rockefeller%20conspiracies&pg=PA623#v=onepage&q=rockefeller%20conspiracies&f=false Conspiracy Theories in American History: An Encyclopedia], edited by Peter Knight</ref> They've faded a little since their peak: in 2015, the family's total wealth was estimated at $10bn.<ref name=indy>[http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/being-a-rockefeller-aint-what-it-used-to-be-as-john-ds-only-surviving-grandson-turns-100-10318240.html Being a Rockefeller ain't what it used to be as John D's only surviving grandson turns 100], ''[[The Independent]]'', Jun 13, 2015</ref>

Rockefellers occur in a wide variety of conspiracy theories, sometimes alongside other families such as the [[Rothschilds]], supposedly involved in a variety of organisations pressing for [[world government]], total control over the world's financial system, etc. They're also responsible for the [[Zika]] virus, are stopping you realising the wonders of [[alternative medicine]], have something to do with the [[Kennedy assassination]] and [[9/11]], and much more.

==Family==
'''William Rockefeller, Sr.''' (1810-1906), the family patriarch and father of John D. and William.

'''John Davison Rockefeller, Sr.''' (1839-1937), co-founded Standard Oil with his brother William; his peak net worth in 1913 was around $900 million, and adjusted for inflation in 2020 is a whopping $423 billion, making him the richest person in modern history.<ref>{{wpa|John D. Rockefeller}}</ref>

'''William Rockefeller, Jr.''' (1841-1922), co-founded Standard Oil with his brother John D. Sr.

'''John D. Rockefeller, Jr.''' (1874-1960), son of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. He built Rockefeller Center in New York City at the start of the [[Great Depression]] when everyone else was cancelling developments. He owned the [[coal]] mine in Ludlow, [[Colorado]] that was scene of the {{wpl|Ludlow Massacre||.}} In 1901, he married the daughter of Senator Nelson Aldrich, chief architect of the [[Federal Reserve System]].

'''John D. Rockefeller III''' (1906-1978), son of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Philanthropist.

'''[[Nelson Rockefeller]]''' (1908-1979), son of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. He was a moderate Republican politician; vice president under [[Gerald Ford]]; his divorce and remarriage in 1963 was a scandal at the time.<ref name=indy/>

'''Winthrop Rockefeller''' (1912-1973), son of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. A moderate Republican governor of [[Arkansas]]; his son Winthrop Paul was later Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas.

'''David Rockefeller''' (1915-2017), son of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. He was boss of Chase Manhattan Bank, and founder of [[Trilateral Commission]], very long-lived; in 2015 his wealth was estimated at $3.2 billion.<ref name=indy/> He was a friend of [[Henry Kissinger]] and advocated for the [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi|Shah]] of [[Iran]] to come to the US after the Iranian Revolution.<ref name=indy/>

'''Jay Rockefeller''' (John D. IV; b. 1937), son of John D. Rockefeller III. Was a Senator for [[West Virginia]] until 2015, the only [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] in the family.

==Conspiracy theories==
===World government===
The Rockefellers have long been associated with the idea of a secret world government, [[New World Order]], or One World Order, through institutions such as the Trilateral Commission, which was founded by David Rockefeller to facilitate international economic cooperation and having lots of fancy foreign conferences. Other secretive institutions like the [[Bilderberg Group]] are often implicated.<ref>[http://yournewswire.com/david-rockefeller-says-conspiracy-about-one-world-order-is-true/ David Rockefeller Says Conspiracy About ‘One World Order’ Is True], Your News Wire, Feb 11, 2016</ref>

One of the first conspiracy theorists was Emanuel Josephson in ''Rockefeller: "Internationalist": The Man Who Misrules The World'' in 1952.<ref name=knight/> [[Gary Allen]]'s 1976 book ''The Rockefeller File'' is a detailed attack on the family and their supposed internationalist conspiracy.<ref name=gallen>[http://www.whale.to/b/allen_b.html The Rockefeller File], Gary Allen, whale.to</ref> He accuses the Rockefellers of manipulating [[tax]] law so they can donate money to trusts and avoid tax but retain control over it.<ref name=gallen/>

They are also accused of being part of a [[Roman Catholic]] conspiracy against American [[Protestantism]] and freedom of religion, being supposedly the descendants of the [[Jesuit]] Roggenfelder family who fled [[Germany]] in one of the country's periodic outbursts of [[anti-Catholicism]].<ref name=jesusissavior>[http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/False%20Religions/Illuminati/rockefeller_fortunes.htm The Rockefeller Family Fortunes &mdash; A Trail of Conspiracy, Bloodshed, and Evil], Jesus Is Savior</ref> This is despite the fact that most sources say William Sr. and his family were [[Protestant]].<ref name=wp/> But theorists like to claim the Rockefellers lied about their religion.<ref name=jesusissavior/>

In 2015, David light-heartedly confirmed the conspiracy theories, saying he had indeed been working for increased international cooperation all his life.<ref name=indy/>

===Banking===
They supposedly control American money through the [[Federal Reserve]].<ref name=jesusissavior/> In particular, they are in conspiracy with the [[Rothschild family]] ([[Evil Jew]]ish bankers), Warburgs, [[Goldman Sachs]], Lehmans, Kuhn Loeb, and other international financiers.<ref>[http://humansarefree.com/2015/06/the-federal-reserve-cartel-rothschild.html The Federal Reserve Cartel: The Rothschild, Rockefeller and Morgan Families], Humans are free, 2015</ref>

The facts are these. In 1908 following various financial crises, Congress passed the Aldrich-Vreeland Act to examine banking, and Senate Republican leader Nelson Aldrich led the inquiry, meeting with representatives of prominent banks including J P Morgan, National City Bank of New York, and Kuhn Loeb & Co. The National City Bank of New York in particular was closely linked to the Rockefellers, but the Rockefellers also did a lot of business with J P Morgan (which also funded Cornelius Vanderbilt's New York Central Railroad), and John D. Rockefeller Jr was married to Aldrich's daughter Abigail. Aldrich's inquiry led to the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 and the subsequent establishment of regional Federal Reserve banks, of which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York was most powerful. The Rockefellers were also major shareholders of the Equitable Trust Company, which merged with Chase National Bank in 1930. Everything was quite closely interrelated.

Conspiracy theorists also point to the role of the Rockefellers in the {{wpl|Bank for International Settlements}} in Basel, [[Switzerland]], which was initially founded to handle Germany's [[World War I]] reparations, but now "fosters international monetary and financial cooperation and serves as a bank for central banks".<ref>[http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-federal-reserve-cartel-the-eight-families/25080 The Federal Reserve Cartel: The Eight Families], Dean Henderson, [[GlobalResearch]], 2011</ref> Gates McGarrah formerly of Chase Manhattan/Chase National Bank and the Federal Reserve was its first President. By the way, McGarrah's grandson Richard McGarrah Helms was a senior official at the [[CIA]] at the time of [[John F. Kennedy]]'s assassination. Needless to say, the Rockefellers have also been linked vaguely to amorphous Kennedy assassination conspiracies.<ref name=jfk911nmg/>

===Alternative medicine===
The Rockefellers have been accused of using their donations to medical charities such as the Institute for Medical Research (now the Rockefeller University in New York) to promote conventional (i.e., scientific, [[Evidence-based medicine|evidence-based]]) medicine, aid [[Big Pharma]] in world domination, and crush alternative medicine.<ref name=knight/><ref>[http://freedom-articles.toolsforfreedom.com/western-medicine-rockefeller-medicine/ Western Medicine is Rockefeller Medicine – All The Way], Tools For Freedom</ref>

===World Trade Center===
David Rockefeller of the Chase National Bank was supposedly one of the earliest advocates of building the World Trade Center in New York.<ref name=jfk911nmg>[https://nomoregames.net/2009/06/01/the-assassination-of-jfk-911-and-david-rockefeller/ The Assassination of JFK, 9/11 and David Rockefeller], No More Games, June 1, 2009</ref>

The two towers of the World Trade Centre, destroyed in the [[9-11|9/11]] attacks, were supposedly nicknamed David and Nelson after the Rockefeller brothers.<ref name=jesusissavior/> And after the towers were destroyed, they took revenge or something.

What does it all mean? Who knows? But it must mean something…

===Business practices===
The Rockefellers are often accused of corrupt business practices, abusing their monopoly position, etc.<ref name=knight/> This may have more merit than any of the other theories here, and it's clear that American business has often involved a small group of enormously powerful people scheming together to make as much money as possible. It's called [[capitalism]].

===Zika===
And obviously the Rockefellers invented the [[Zika]] virus and are using it to kill people. Apparently the Rockefellers have provided funding to an organisation called the American Type Culture Collection which sells biological preparations and offers freeze-dried Zika virus agent to reputable researchers.<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tara-c-smith/the-zika-conspiracies-hav_b_9162854.html The Zika Conspiracies Have Begun], Huffington Post</ref><ref>[https://www.lgcstandards-atcc.org/Products/All/VR-84.aspx?geo_country=gb Zika virus (ATCC VR-84)], ATCC, accessed Nov 1, 2016</ref>

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