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Illuminati, real or not?

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PifandHercule · 03/10/2024 20:33

I’ve been seeing a lot of online content about the Illuminati lately.
Does anyone have any first hand accounts of their existence?
So many conspiracies these days, it’s hard to know what to believe.

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ProvincialLady2024 · 03/10/2024 20:34

It doesn't seem to impact my life so I'm not going to worry about it too much.

Birdscratch · 03/10/2024 20:34

So many conspiracies these days, it’s hard to know what to believe.

Not conspiracy theories.

LoserWinner · 03/10/2024 20:38

Not.

PifandHercule · 03/10/2024 20:49

ProvincialLady2024 · 03/10/2024 20:34

It doesn't seem to impact my life so I'm not going to worry about it too much.

That’s a sensible way of looking at it. I’m just curious, I guess.

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NezumiNezumi · 03/10/2024 20:51

It’s not that far fetched to believe that a group of powerful people are controlling things from behind the scenes.

PifandHercule · 03/10/2024 20:53

NezumiNezumi · 03/10/2024 20:51

It’s not that far fetched to believe that a group of powerful people are controlling things from behind the scenes.

That’s true, it’s the stuff about the rituals that makes me question their existence.

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NezumiNezumi · 03/10/2024 21:07

It’s not fun and mystical but a real-life secret society could exist amongst powerful individuals without all of the occult rituals or what have you.

EffortlesslyInelegant · 03/10/2024 21:09

NezumiNezumi · 03/10/2024 21:07

It’s not fun and mystical but a real-life secret society could exist amongst powerful individuals without all of the occult rituals or what have you.

Say what now? Occult rituals? Have you been spending too much time on the David Icke forum?

NezumiNezumi · 03/10/2024 21:11

EffortlesslyInelegant · 03/10/2024 21:09

Say what now? Occult rituals? Have you been spending too much time on the David Icke forum?

That’s what some people believe they do. If they exist, that is.

Neuroticmillenial · 03/10/2024 21:12

An ex Freemason told me the illuminati are real but he didn’t tell me much 🤷‍♀️

ntmdino · 03/10/2024 21:13

"I’ve been seeing a lot of online content about the Illuminati lately."

Of course you have. It's US Election time, which means all the wonks are out claiming that some mystical never-been-seen conspiracy is out to get their chosen candidate.

It's like clockwork.

bringslight · 03/10/2024 21:14

NezumiNezumi · 03/10/2024 21:07

It’s not fun and mystical but a real-life secret society could exist amongst powerful individuals without all of the occult rituals or what have you.

If witchraft, satanists and other weirdos exist, why is so hard to believe that also

bringslight · 03/10/2024 21:16

it is also well documented that Hitler experimented with occult stuff

Rummly · 03/10/2024 21:18

The Illuminati are real. I know this because their agents broke into my house and stole all my tinfoil helmets that kept me safe from their undetectable brain altering waves.

Or my cleaner might have thrown them out. But if she did she must have been in the pay of the Illuminati. There’s no other plausible explanation.

ntmdino · 03/10/2024 21:19

NezumiNezumi · 03/10/2024 20:51

It’s not that far fetched to believe that a group of powerful people are controlling things from behind the scenes.

Sure it is.

It's not particularly far-fetched to believe that lots of powerful people are controlling lots of aspects of the world from behind the scenes.

The bit that's far-fetched is believing that enough of them have enough common goals to qualify as "a group".

Just look at the evidence: there is no single group that can possibly be benefiting from the chaos in the world, with unstable countries everywhere and economies blasting up and down all over the place.

I mean, if they are controlling everything, they're doing a pretty shit job.

Autumnalfun · 03/10/2024 21:22

NezumiNezumi · 03/10/2024 20:51

It’s not that far fetched to believe that a group of powerful people are controlling things from behind the scenes.

Um it’s called government, they are in every country and yup they control everything, from behind the scenes, we see the results when they tell us.😂

Autumnalfun · 03/10/2024 21:22

Op if you’re seeing it a lot on line it’s as you’re searching for it,

Ladyof2024 · 03/10/2024 21:26

I remember several decades ago when David Icke was lecturing all over the country and speaking about something called the Bilderberg Group, everybody was saying that it was a figment of his imagination and that he was mad and he'd invented it or dreamed it or whatever.

Then in 1997-ish Tony Blair actually put it down in the Register of members interests, admitting that he had received hospitality from the Bilderberg Group. After that mainstream journalists started writing about it and it became common knowledge.

Turned out everything David Icke said was correct it had indeed been meeting in secret since 1954.

Fruitbhat · 03/10/2024 21:28

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MontysBakehouse · 03/10/2024 21:31

No, it's a stupid idea for the simple-minded.

PifandHercule · 03/10/2024 21:33

ntmdino · 03/10/2024 21:13

"I’ve been seeing a lot of online content about the Illuminati lately."

Of course you have. It's US Election time, which means all the wonks are out claiming that some mystical never-been-seen conspiracy is out to get their chosen candidate.

It's like clockwork.

It was in relation to all sorts of celebrities, not connected with politics as such.

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BoundaryGirl3939 · 03/10/2024 21:35

Satanists = real. Child and human sacrifice = real. These deaths are posed as accidents, or done to a homeless person who won't be missed.

Waitingforthree · 03/10/2024 21:35

It’s not impossible that there’s a group of rich people exerting their power over others. Sort of like a secret scouts for rich grown ups with control issues ?

ntmdino · 03/10/2024 21:36

PifandHercule · 03/10/2024 21:33

It was in relation to all sorts of celebrities, not connected with politics as such.

Yeah, but this is exactly the time when those with wonky brains come out of the woodwork. Happens every time. Then they get bored about 3 months after the election, and go into hibernation.