Do you believe there is a Illuminati, or INWO?

An Illuminati implies a small-ish group running things. I think the reality is closer to a large number of people with riches and power who can influence events, though not entirely run them. There is no secret way of getting into this influential group; being born rich, becoming rich, running a company, being famous or becoming a politician is how you get into this group. Being a religious leader might fall into that as well. Also, Illuminati evokes an image of a specific goal that is being worked toward, but I think it’s more like a general direction (which is almost always beneficial to this group).

Of course there is an Illuminati. Who do you think is running the show? Some sub-groups include: Bilderberger group, the Council on Foreign Relations, The Skull and Bones at Yale…
The list goes on and on…Some members of the Bilderberger group include
Some members of the Council on Foreign Relations
The year 1913 is very important as many many decisions affecting all of us today were decided then, including the Federal Reserve System.
Income taxes were invented in 1913.
The Illuminati history goes back well beyond their Mason ties to the Merchants of Venice (who may well have begun the credit system…) and even further back to the days when humans began their agrarian society…shunning the ways of the nomadic hunter gatherer.

Yes, and don’t forget that we know where you live.

i believe in pancakes in the frizzer.

No.

Yes, in Dan Brown’s books.

If there is they are not doing a good job.

Nope, sounds like another consipiracy theory supported by Dan Brown, who has to be the most unimaginative modern writer in decades.

Yes and yes.

The new world order is the old world order in different packaging. It’s like when Proctor and Gamble put the old product in a new box but charge the same amount for less of the product. Nothing has changed, except that conspiracies are more widely disseminated due to the internet. If I were you, I’d keep my tin foil cap on all the time.

@cwilbur Wow, that takes me back… I wonder if I still have my cards somewhere.

Here are a couple great documentaries on the subject, it’s all very exciting…

N.T. 1
N.T. 2

Are the Illuminati much like the Crab people?

The US Federal reserve is an Illuminati.

Isn’t it interesting how folks deny the possibility of this group of wealthy elitists running the show, when the evidence of their existence abounds. “Oh, no one could keep a conspiracy so large a secret.”
Who do you think is behind the economic downturn we have experienced since the housing bubble burst?
Follow the money…Who do you think stands to gain the most from the millions of foreclosures on same houses?
Why is there all that witchcraft mumbo-jumbo on the US dollar bill?
What do you think goes on in those windowless clubhouses like the Skull and Bones at Yale?
The sooner people wake up to this fact, the sooner we can turn the Illuminati guys into fluff and begin to live again.

As soon as people take personal responsibility and stop trying to blame and scapegoat a nebulous “organization” for their ills, the sooner they can live a better and more fulfilling life.

@Zendo, you cannot resist, you have been assimilated by the…. da, da DUM! the conspiracy theorists! resistance is futile.

Absolooootely! Rothschilds anyone. Masons? Lizard People? Maybe. Not sure but I definitely believe there are hidden sects of powerhouse proportions that run the big show behind our bureaucracies and political dynamics. What we don’t know can’t kill us. But what we do know can! See that little black dot on your monitor? That’s a micro-camera, one of millions installed into everyday appliances such as toasters, dildos, and microwave ovens. And Welch’s Juice is full of bionic tracking devices. And your mother is the CIA. :) Don’t get too paranoid. But don’t be too naive either. Bottom line is there is probably something like the Illuminati, if not an actual Illuminati. And if there is I’m sure they’re reading this as I type it because behind all the red tape there is some really brilliant ass, crazy, mind-blowingly high-tech surveillance techniques and I think I just better shut up while I’m ahead.

@stringhead616 just so you know, everyone else on fluther is a crab person. watch out!