“The Federal Reserve Bank’s secret plot to destroy fiat money and return the United States to a Gold Standard.”
The Road to Roota is a US financial conspiracy theory originated and publicised by Bix Weir. I’ve not yet had chance to dig through his voluminous writings on his website but it seems like a great rabbit hole.
To quickly summarise (I think I’ve got this right):-
- There is a conspiracy to bring down banking institutions and switch the US back to a commodities-based economy.
- Markets are controlled by a computer system instigated by Alan Greenspan in the 1960s.
- This conspiracy was hidden in plain sight by the Federal Reserve when they decided to publish it in a comic. No, really.
- In 1981 The Federal Reserve released a bizzaro children’s comic, “Wishes and Rainbows” and accompanying teachers guide, “The Road to Roota”. It’s really weird. It’s supposed to help teach kids about economics, scarcity and supply and demand.
- http://www.roadtoroota.com/
- https://www.silverdoctors.com/gold/gold-news/jim-sinclair-takes-a-walk-down-the-road-to-roota/
- https://forum.davidicke.com/showthread.php?t=142740
- Fiat vs commodities: https://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/12/06/fiat-currency-what-it-is-and-why-its-better-than-a.aspx