Prof Jiang’s Predictive History (The Story of Civilization, Secret History, Game Theory and more) Secret History #25: Capital of Evil
Feb 6, 2026
A contrarian theory framing capital as an energy-extraction system that harvests attention and anxiety. Historical arcs from grain and gold to modern banks and tech billionaires are traced. Secret societies, rituals, and elite mobility are tied to transnational finance. Religious shifts, war finance, and colonial extraction are connected to how wealth is accumulated and defended.
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Reformation Turned Wealth Into Religious Proof
- Protestant Reformation changed religion into work ethic; Calvinism equated wealth with divine favor and promoted saving/investment.
- Jiang ties this to Dutch banking growth and increased energy for trade and industry.
Enlightenment Made Money The New Religion
- The Enlightenment secularized God and replaced spiritual reward with money as measure of virtue, making money the new religion.
- This transformation empowers transnational capital by sacralizing wealth accumulation and investment.
State Backed Banks Let Merchants Fund Empires
- The Bank of England centralized private banking guaranteed by Parliament, letting financiers borrow from the future and fund wars.
- Jiang explains how state-backed private banks turned merchant capital into imperial military power.