Much of the conspiratorial literature of that period, but also about that period, revolves around the idea of a Jewish conspiracy. But the main function of the book, I think, is also its strongest point, which is that fact is not conspiratorial fiction.

Much of conspiracy theorizing as we know it — the enterprise of explaining the world’s woes by positing that a shadowy, all-powerful elite is behind them — arose out of the European anti-Semitic tradition. Rothschild’s book demonstrates that much can be accomplished by laying out available historical data.S. for many of the ills of society even though they lack representation among leaders who are ultimately responsible for many problems and have the power to fix them. Journalist and conspiracy theory expert Mike Rothschild, who isn't related to the family, sorts out myth from reality to find the truth about these conspiracy theories and their spreaders. Mike Rothschild is a journalist focused on the intersections between internet culture and politics as seen through the dark glass of conspiracy theories. He has written two previous books, including The Storm is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything, which examines the roots and the impact of the QAnon movement.

In the polluted right-wing media ecosystem, where conspiracy theories are omnipresent, anti-Semitic conspiracy theorists will have an easier time getting a hearing for their ideas. The strange tale of how one Jewish family—the Rothschilds—became a lightning rod for conspiracy theories over the course of the last 2 centuries. The result is an increasing presence of and tolerance for right-wing anti-Semitism in American public discourse.Greene responded by insisting that Morgan and others in the media had "twisted" her words, arguing that she "never said" the exact phrase. On Tuesday, Greene appeared in an interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored that featured several minutes of arguments and denials concerning the infamous theory. Ms Greene has frequently promoted conspiracy theories both before and after her election to the US House of Representatives, from QAnon through 9/11 to Donald Trump's spurious claims of a stolen election. Journalist and conspiracy theory expert Mike Rothschild, who isn’t related to the family, sorts out myth from reality to find the truth about these conspiracy theories and their spreaders. And it’s not because he knows what they are, or has read them, but he’s gonna respond to somebody who’s quoting from them, and he’s gonna say, “Oh, interesting,” or “Disturbing.

Some of this stereotyping is benign enough: jokes about how cheap Jews are, books extolling “Jewish business wisdom,” and the like. I’ve already written for Forbes about how those of Asian descent have been unfairly blamed for the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, harassed, and even assaulted. Rabbi Abraham Cooper, the associate dean and director of global social action of the Wiesenthal Center, told me “anyone who used the term ‘Rothschild banker,’ that’s shorthand for Jews.Wrote Greene: “If they are beaming the sun’s energy back to Earth, I’m sure they wouldn’t ever miss a transmitter receiving station right? And, going back to the point about these works kind of recycling and plagiarizing each other: all the work has been done to make the Jews your scapegoat. The toilet water and whatever is blocking it doesn’t care and will simply continue to push out water all over the floor. I was saying on Twitter the other day that I think it’s probably only a matter of time before Musk gives some sort of endorsement of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. Nothing is known about Hitler’s paternal grandfather, and it appears that the first known assertion of Hitler’s Jewish grandparent was voiced by Hans Frank, Hitler’s legal adviser and head of the Nazi government in Poland.

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s claim that the 2018 California wildfires were ignited by a space laser controlled by a corporate cabal, including the Rothschild banking firm, is objectively ridiculous. But it sounds like, from these posts, it’s about far more than removing one Jewish organization from a social media platform. Jewish people will always be scapegoats for some people, and the Rothschilds are some of the best-known Jews in modern history. First with QAnon, and now with the legendary Rothschild family, he investigates and dismantles one of the most dangerous and vile conspiracy theories of all time.

The US House of Representatives voted to strip Ms Greene of her committee assignments in 2021 following an uproar over comments in 2018 and 2019 that she supported executing prominent Democrats. But that mystique has a longstanding dark side that goes much deeper, and is much more profound, than one alleged con artist.