I pit the derisive, condenscending, anti-conspiriacy ... [merged threads]

They are not the 192 heads of government, they are not the Jews, they are not even Queen Elizabeth II and Pope Benedict XIV.

Are you saying no Jews are part of the Illuminati, or is “The Jews” an organization or group with registered members?

Is The Seattle Group part of the Illuminati?

I’m saying that the Jews are not the Illuminati. I’m saying that Queen Elizabeth II and Pope Benedict XIV are not the Illuminati. I’m saying that the 192 heads of government are not the Illuminati.

The Illuminati is not who are believed to be in power (the 192 heads of government) or who is believed by some to be behind those others believe to be in power (the Jews).

God, it’s like the worlds worst game of Botticelli.

Again, he asked who they are, not who they aren’t. Can you drop the name rank and serial number bullshit and actually answer? So far you’ve ruled out 0.2 percent of the global population counting (almost literally) one at a time.

It’s the Girl Scouts isn’t it. The Girl Scouts are the Illuminati what with their pushing their ‘cookies’ on people. And now they’re in cahoots with Nestle!! So either the Girl Scouts or Nestle is the Illuminati.

The Girl Sprouts don’t have a control arrow. They can’t control other groups.

Direct question: are you the Illuminati? And if you (as expected) deny it, how can we accept that? Can you prove you aren’t the Illuminati?

Without such proof, we must question your motives, as they harmonize with a well-known Illuminati misdirection strategy.

You’re not the only one who can connect the dots, you know.

To tell you the truth, I do not actually care who your Illuminati might be. I am trying to work out why reports of politicians talking to each other about other politicians (which is basically what we pay them to do) somehow indicates a secret cabal is controlling the world.

I think he’s saying that the telephone operator that connected the call between Putin and Obama is the Illuminati.

Riddle me this, Kozmik – is the Illuminati a group of unionized telecommunications workers, YES OR NO!!!

Since we have no like button I feel the need to tell you this made me LOL as the kids say.

Thanks, man!

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I see this thread almost as the ontological argument for world politics. After all, an all-powerful secret society that didn’t exist wouldn’t be very all-powerful, would it?
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Oh, oh!

Are they the folks who live on North 92nd street, Seattle Washington? Or can we rule them out at this point?
Note: they are definitely NOT Purple Unicorn Strike Force. Forget I even mentioned them.

It is Major League Baseball?

Am I at least getting close?

ETA: come on people! We have a lot of guessing to do if we are to arrive at who the Illuminati are not, * via negativa.*

It is Ebay? Paypal? Those guys seem to be doing pretty good for themselves. They’re pretty secretive too.

My cat is not Queen Elizabeth. She is not Pope Benedict. She’s probably not Jewish. Is the Illuminati my cat?

So, let me get this straight. According to Kozmik:

Anyone who thwarts the will of someone in a position of authority is more powerful than them.
The Illuminati are in a position of authority over all the governments of the world.
One of the goals of the Illuminati is to not let anyone know that they’re in that position of authority.
Yet Kozmik has thwarted that goal by posting information about them here on the Dope.

Therefore, by his own logic, Kozmik is more powerful than the Illuminati.

But the moderators at the SDMB can control what **Kozmik **posts here, so therefore…