Illuminati?

[Starkler]

So I've heard this term quite a bit these days and I'm just curious of what it really means?
My friend mentioned it today, I knew the symbol, but when he writes the word backwards in his browser it leads him to this page: http://www.nsa.gov/

I'm just curious.

[Norrin Radd]

It means enlightenment for those mid-to-late teens who simply don't have the mindset to think properly.

So, someone presents them with a load of plausible-but-not-really info, they latch onto it and voila. You've got a thread where the O.P. posts a YouTube video that he or see assumes we've never seen or an opinion we've never heard, simply because they haven't.

In all seriousness, it's a theory that has a few interesting ideas, but none of them are ultimately captivating or worthwhile, and anyone acting like it's all true is probably stupid.

[Bryan]

"In modern times it is also used to refer to a purported conspiratorial organization which acts as a shadowy "power behind the throne", allegedly controlling world affairs through present day governments and corporations, usually as a modern incarnation or continuation of the Bavarian Illuminati. In this context, the Illuminati are believed to be the masterminds behind events that will lead to the establishment of a New World Order."

[Hizumi]

bunch of rich old men trying to play god

[Geneishacking]

Those dudes who kill famous black artists

[Klaime]

[Paladinn]

The Illuminati were those dudes that killed the Pope and blew up the Vati- oh, right.