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The Ultimate History Lesson: Citigroup and the Architecture of Financial Contempt (Pt. 1) 🏛️💳
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- Grand Theft World on Odysee
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- Sep 17, 2026
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- 33
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Claim the free Critical Thinking Trifecta masterclass and 3-part PDF toolkit ($299 value) here: https://social.richardgrove.org/critical-thinking-trifecta From First National in 1961, to Citibank, to the global financial empire of Citigroup. While corporate rebrandings give the public an illusion of progress and competitive renewal, the underlying psychology at the executive level has never changed. In this segment from Part 1 of The Ultimate History Lesson: A Weekend with John Taylor Gatto, we look at the evolution of modern corporate banking. At this tier of consolidated power, there is an utter disregard for the traditional safeguards built into foundational legal documents and cultural traditions. Ordinary citizens—even those within the upper-middle class—operate under the naive assumption that regulatory systems and legal protections exist to shield their property and rights. In practice, high-level cartels operate outside those boundaries. Compulsory schooling systematically excised the tools of economic literacy and critical thinking from the public mind, ensuring populations remain obedient consumers rather than autonomous directors of their own resources. To pierce through the financial obfuscation, you must install an intellectual operating system that enables you to verify evidence, identify fallacies, and act with certainty. Paul Verge and I codified this exact framework into the Critical Thinking Trifecta—a 60-minute masterclass paired with a three-part project toolkit featuring the Trivium method, the 5 W's + How checklist, and logical self-defense. Claim your free access and download the complete toolkit here: https://social.richardgrove.org/critical-thinking-trifecta