There’s a conspiracy theory that links the Rothschild’s, the sinking of the Titanic, and the creation of the Federal Reserve.

On Friday I stumbled across a tweet sent in reply to a prominent finance parody account on Twitter. It featured the black-and-white image of three men and the Titanic.

The text on the photos named Benjamin Guggenheim, Isa Strauss (actual name Isidor Straus), and David Astor as three wealthy men who died on the Titanic. So far, so good — the men were all real and wealthy.

As with many other conspiracy theories, there’s a transparently anti-Semitic tint to the story, and the Rothschild family is implicated (as it is in almost every conspiracy theory involving money in any way).

A YouTube video offers some additional “information,” hinting that the sinking of the Titanic was effectively drawn up as a re-creation of a late-19th-century book called “Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan.” The book was published 14 years before the Titanic sank and a decade before any construction began.

The video goes on to say that “by April 1912, all opposition to the Federal Reserve was eliminated. In December 1913, the Federal Reserve was born, controlled by the elite banking cabal, whose ultimate agenda was to enslave humanity.”

A YouTube video offers some additional “information,” hinting that the sinking of the Titanic was effectively drawn up as a re-creation of a late-19th-century book called “Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan.” The book was published 14 years before the Titanic sank and a decade before any construction began.

The video goes on to say that “by April 1912, all opposition to the Federal Reserve was eliminated. In December 1913, the Federal Reserve was born, controlled by the elite banking cabal, whose ultimate agenda was to enslave humanity.”

uk.businessinsider.com

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