Conspiracy Theory Definitions Needed!

[DawnCt1]

Who or what are the Iluminati?
Who or what is the Trilateral Commission?
Who or what is the New World Order?
What other terminology do I need to be familiar with to be a conspiracy theorist?

 

[Mrs. T-i-double-g-er]

If you read all the Dan Brown books, you will get most of the terminology explained.

I believe Illuminati was the one from DiVinci Code, although I get that book mixed up with Angels and Demons. I read them back to back and they have the same main character.

 

[letterdavidman]

The Illuminati:
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_043.html

The Trilateral Commission:
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_295.html

The Bilderberg Group:
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_323.html

(And, for the hell of it, Otzi, the gay caveman ):
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_229.html

 

[GeorgeG]

Over the ages there have been countless secret societies, some of which exist to this day in varying degrees. Of those you mentioned, all are or have been real at some point in time and are somewhat related to the roles portrayed in Brown's books. That's where fiction kicks in and makes use of specualtion and literary license to raise real questions among us.

As for conspiracies, until something is proven, they mostly exist in our imaginations. However, there must be some purpose to keeping closely guarded secrets. We can only speculate whether such secrets are to guard the security of something really important, shameful, harmful, or just to create an elite among members. In any event, I tend to be suspicious of any group that feels they need to hide something.

 

[stevenpensacola]

please don't encourage them.

A guy I work with kind of hangs out in the conspiracy camp...he spends a lot of time at this site:

http://www.rense.com

I often wonder how the guy can keep a straight face when writing some of this stuff....guess he's laughing all the way to the bank.

 

[Lanshark]

What other terminology do I need to be familiar with to be a conspiracy theorist?

Watch the first few seasons of X-files and you should do well

I've always had a sneaking suspicion that alcohol is also involved