Just as the serfs were gaining rights before kings power slipped into more obscure quarters and thus modern finance was born in Europe.

The creditor class would grow to become more powerful than kings or nations, profiting from both sides of war and

suppressing insurgents

domestically as well as abroad when their debts weren’t paid.

so who did we go to work for then?

Well, let’s see our options…Dante’s Divine Comedy was written in 1320-

comedy as in haha? or…

Like, not early Jim Carrey on helium funny, more like late Jim Carrey on acid funny.

ohhh…

But there was a lot of other important art too that if we went to Oxford I’m sure we would mention.

The printing press is invented in 1450, we’re about 28 and a half, we skim the books and glance at some paintings knowing that we can catch most of it in a Ken Burns documentary if we wait another year or so.

are we working at this time?

We did good, as the butchers of history usually do.

our money’s making us money