The international banking system was the biggest threat to the freedoms of the colonies from before the Revolution until 1913. With the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 the banksters gained full control of the country ...
They can crash the Soviet Union, tank modern Russia, break the pound, prop up Japan, build out trillions in manufacturing in China, encourage $20 trillion in new debt creation in China, crash oil with a stronger dollar, nominally inflate stock markets with asset inflation programs, rig the commodity market and libor, squeeze countries into default via currency or bond manipulation, and so on.