# Is this all true? \[Do bankers rule the world?\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 4, 2008, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-all-true-do-bankers-rule-the-world/466431 "2008-10-04T09:00:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-all-true-do-bankers-rule-the-world/466431/21 "2008-10-05T11:57:53Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > In my experience, “bankers” is code-word for “Jews” in conspiracy-speak. So is “trillionaire.” If you ever see a book, or essay, or video claiming there are trillionaires out there, run. I now have a mental video of people casually walking into a bookstore, picking up a book, and then suddenly dropping it and running as fast as they can out of the book store. Where they’re running TO I’m not quite sure. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-all-true-do-bankers-rule-the-world/466431/22 "2008-10-05T16:20:11Z")
> [@Balthisar](#): > > I’m wondering how he’s a guest with that join date. Those who left during the paid period, and are now able to post again for free, get to keep their original post date, but are still tagged as _Guest_. ---
**Author:** ![virtually\_yours](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a587f6/32.png) [@virtually\_yours](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/virtually_yours)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-all-true-do-bankers-rule-the-world/466431/23 "2008-10-05T17:59:42Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Those who left during the paid period, and are now able to post again for free, get to keep their original post date, but are still tagged as _Guest_. I think I did pay and was able to post in those times…so long can’t remember. What was the time period of the paid posts so I can check my posts and see. VY ---
**Author:** ![virtually\_yours](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a587f6/32.png) [@virtually\_yours](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/virtually_yours)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2008, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-all-true-do-bankers-rule-the-world/466431/24 "2008-10-05T18:16:16Z")
> [@virtually\_yours](#): > > I think I did pay and was able to post in those times…so long can’t remember. What was the time period of the paid posts so I can check my posts and see. > VY Just checked my emails, I was a paid member in 2006 and 2007..my last expiry notice was in jan 01 2008. don’t remember if I updated. But, I got a notice of expiry in jan 2007 which means I was a paid member from 2006 at least VY ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-all-true-do-bankers-rule-the-world/466431/25 "2008-10-06T06:20:52Z")
I’ve been aware of the use of “bankers” and “international bankers” as code words for Jews for about twelve years. I’m sure that it has gone on much longer than that. There is a lot of misinformation that circulates from time to time about how these “bankers” rule the world. That’s the word of a nice Protestant woman. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-all-true-do-bankers-rule-the-world/466431/26 "2008-10-06T14:18:01Z")
> [@straight\_man](#): > > In **virtually yours** ’ defense, anti-bankerist (I made up that term) feelings are massively more prevalent at the moment than anti-semitism, what with the crisis on and all. And **Lobsang** , you may have noticed by now that with the free posting, a lot of old members are now “guests”. Yes, but the video was produced in 1996, when the markets were way up, credit was easy to come by, etc., etc. ---
**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2008, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-all-true-do-bankers-rule-the-world/466431/27 "2008-10-06T14:44:07Z")
I’m not going to watch three and a half hours of agitprop without any guarantee that it contains any idea cogent enough to respond to. I will say, though, that the idea that rich and influential people “control” society is fundamentally suspect because, under corporate capitalism, such people are actually slaves to the market. Their choices are highly constrained by the need to maximize profits. If they don’t do this, they tend to lose power and influence. Of course, this gets us into deep philosophical waters as we begin to consider whether anyone really controls anything . . . [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-all-true-do-bankers-rule-the-world/466431.md?page=1)