Although it is claimed that the Illuminati is just a myth, there are a number of signs that indicate the existence of this organized body that aims to control world affairs through means such as music, media, economics, politics and education. The Illuminati was formed in 1776 by Adam Weishaupt (Carr X). It is a secret society composed of a group of powerful people whose sole objective is to "create a single world government to allow men with proven mental abilities to rule the world" (Carr X). Most alarmists believe that the Illuminati is considered a secret society. to be the most powerful of all secret societies that ever existed (Reynolds 67). Its power is such that it appears to be the corporation that can “pull the strings of puppeteers who believe that they themselves are pulling the strings attached to other puppets” (Reynolds 67). In his book "Pawns in The Game", William Guy Carr states that the Illuminati strongly believes in the "Luciferian ideology" (IX) which claims that "might is right". . . A superior, proven intelligence has the right to govern the less gifted because the masses do not know what is best for them” (IX). Therefore, only the smartest and most powerful people are chosen to be part of the Illuminati. The Powerful People are the thirteen powerful families of the world who control almost all the assets of the world and therefore have the power to implement their decisions on the world. The thirteen families include the Astor line, the Bundy line, the Collins line, the Dupont line, the Freeman line, the Kennedy line, the Li line, the Onassis line, the Reynolds line, the Rockefeller line, the Rothschild line, the Van. Duyn Bloodline and the Mer...... middle of paper ...... confusion and panic and makes it easier for the Illuminati to take control. Mackow blames the Illuminati for the 2008 US economic crisis. In his article he claims that “bankers invest our money in mortgages and then crash the housing market. . . The government must “borrow” trillions to cover the deficit. The result: banks are billions richer” (Illuminati Bankers Seek N pag). This theory denies the idea that the Illuminati does not exist and instead calls people to really think, in order to free themselves from the strict control of the Illuminati. Even the great depression of 1929 which affected countries like the United States, Germany and the USSR is considered the work of the Illuminati since it was the powerful families who controlled the Wall Street stock market; Moreover, according to Kevin Demeritt, since the two depressions had many consequences