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1 year ago1 point(+0/-1/+2Score on mirror)
>It wasn’t in any of the history books, and everything that I’ve been reading is just absolutely amazing how, you know people think of feudalism as knights, knights fighting and you have this whole anti-semitic group thinking oh it must be the Jews that brought in banking.
>The Jews were expelled from England and France not because they were making loans in interest but because they were not making loans. All the money had been taxed from them and then their wealth had been seized.
>And they were competing with the Christians. The Christians wanted to charge [more] money than the Jews were charging and they didn’t want any competition. That’s why the Jews were expelled in the 13th century. Not exactly what you get in the history books.
>The Jews were expelled from England and France not because they were making loans in interest but because they were not making loans. All the money had been taxed from them and then their wealth had been seized.
>And they were competing with the Christians. The Christians wanted to charge [more] money than the Jews were charging and they didn’t want any competition. That’s why the Jews were expelled in the 13th century. Not exactly what you get in the history books.
Mmm, ignored.