>the Jew
Dude, just because our religion directly influences us to marry within our race doesn't mean it's our fault that yours doesn't. I don't know a single one of us that actually thinks "fucking goyim, I'll get you this time".
It's also not our fault that we, as a people, have such influence over banking, gems, bullion and other wealth related industries. In our culture it is traditional for firstborn sons to enter the same trade as their fathers. It was European Christians who looked at us and said, "Hey Jew, I don't fucking like or trust you, but here is the keys to all of our money".
If you don't believe me that do some research, a good place to start is pic related. Look up what a Hoffaktor was. The Pope, the Church, for many years held the stance that all money loaning between Christians was tantamount to usury, especially if the loaner charged interest.
Large scale societies and infrastructures cannot function properly without banking and loans, otherwise things would fall apart every time there was an interruption in the flow of capital. This was before, way before, computers, shit got fucked up all the time. The Royals and the Nobles needed someone they could borrow and trade with to fund their many wars and, yes, also civic projects.
Recognizing this need, Christians turned to us. The church only condemned usury between Christians, and declared that we were not subject to this aspect of canon law.
And no, even when it was ok for Christians to loan to each other so long as there was no interest and the repayment was at the same rate, no one was going to do it save for close family. Without interest there is no incentive for a person to loan large sums, especially with how risky most investments were in those times.
TL;DR, we are only as influential over European finances as we are because Christians literally begged us to be.
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