Oh geez; this crap?
The actual Illuminati was never known to use the All-Seeing Eye as a symbol, and even if they did, they did it only because it was considered cool and mysterious. It's a far more ancient symbol that just denotes a higher power in general, and was a fixture on Masonic Lodges, churches, synagogues, and other things. Now it pretty much is meaningless. If I was to paint an eye on my forehead, would that make a me a member of the Illuminati? I'm pretty sure some religious sects would say yes; in the lower-case sense of the word, but I do not buy into the occultist belief that any symbol has magic power.
It's just long been so associated with conspiracy and the occult that many media just slap it on anything for the purposes of storytelling. Slapping a big eye on the Technodrome or an obvious expy of MJ-12 only proves an artist is trying to
depict megalomania; not endorse it--if he wanted to endorse it, why associate the symbols with the
villains and not the heroes? It's no different than modeling the Empire in Star Wars or Scar's Hyene troops after the Nazis.
DEPICTION IS NOT ADVOCACY! I cannot believe I need to explain this to so many people.
And here's one more thing to think about
: Even if there
is still an Illuminati trying to take over the world, or something similar, what the shell would they really have to gain from announcing their presence all over the place? Even if they once used that symbol, nobody could be that dumb to keep using it and remain in power.
08-02-2014, 06:25 PM
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