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9 questions about the Illuminati you were too afraid to ask

By Phil Edwards@PhilEdwardsIncphil.edwards@vox.com Updated Jan 19, 2016, 11:10am EST

When it comes to shadowy cabals that supposedly control the world, the Illuminati should be at the top of any conspiracy theorist's list. An Illuminati Facebook page has 3.4 million likes, Madonna writes songs about the group, and YouTube channels calling pretty much everyone Illuminati notch almost 200,000 subscribers.

To sort out the truth about the Illuminati, I consulted a variety of experts on the subject. Mark A. Fenster, a law professor at the University of Florida and author of Conspiracy Theories: Secrecy and Power in American Culture, sums up the group's long-lasting appeal.

"It's absurd on its face that you've got this sacred group that's more than 300 years old and continue to see arguments about its relevance today," he says. "The fact that the discussion is alive is amazing."

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Uscinski also notes the ties between power and conspiracy. "The thing that ties conspiracy theories together is that they always point at someone who is supposedly powerful," he says. "You never hear a conspiracy theory about the homeless guy in the street or a gang of poor children."

Both Fenster and Uscinski noted that conspiracy theories can, in many ways, represent genuine anxieties about social problems. In a global, media-driven world, celebrities represent a new and unusual form of power that has an appropriately conspiratorial response.

9) Will the Illuminati kill me for reading this article?

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