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@ Low Information Voter
2025-05-21 23:10:51TBF, Jewish goldsmiths had already been running the fractional reserve scam for centuries (and leaving town one step ahead of an angry mob after the inevitable "bank run"). But the Templars made it acceptable for Christians to do it, too, at least as a large institution. "Pilgrim security" was the earliest form of the "national security" exception from law and morality.