In reality, an open elite controls world governments and economies.
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PumpkinDrama@reddthat.com 4 weeks ago
lluminati / New World Order. A secret elite supposedly controls world governments and economies.
Hegar@fedia.io 4 weeks ago
PumpkinDrama@reddthat.com 4 weeks ago
The only thing that makes me think of this is operation paperclip, but that’s not reason enough to believe their is a single group in control. More like many powerful groups like Blackrock pulling strings.
cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
I think the only reason this is a conspiracy is because it claims there are shadowy, secret people coordinating their activities and running the world behind the scenes and only the conspiracy theorists will ever be clever enough to figure exactly out who they are.
In reality the political elites and billionaires are already doing exactly that very obviously and in plain sight with zero subtlety, making a public performance out of national relations while regularly meeting and being perfectly cordial and strategizing and horse-trading together behind doors, living a life of wealth and privilege, establishing themselves as minor celebrities and making sure people are always talking about them, and apparently hanging out on tropical islands with child-molesters. We know this is generally factual for very many of them, unless you think all the Wikileaks wires and Epstein files stuff is somehow faked. Unless you just haven’t read them. It’s pretty fucking clear what’s going on in my opinion. No need for a conspiracy to be able to see what’s going on in the circles of power. It’s not much of a secret anymore.