What do you think of the Illuminati?

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A sort of sidetracked discussion but I think that it's absolutely fascinating that our society has suddenly become SO interested in secret societies like the Illuminati or pseudo societies like Opus Dei. I think that it really speaks to a growing feeling that the world is out of control and that individuals no longer feel like they have the capacity to change their lives because there are these "secret societies" working behind the scenes to thwart our every move. I think that when we give creedance to the idea that there are "things beyond our control" we feel more comfortable failing. Don't get me wrong though, I think there are these things, I don't doubt that there are forces that make life difficult and even unlivable but I think those are things like discrimination and poverty that are correctable if we really wanted to fix those things. Of course, I think that there are certainly powerful groups of people (like politicians) who do control more than we can even imagine but secret cults and things are a little of a stretch.