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* Bohemian Grove, a men's club in northern California that counts many influential political and business leaders among its ranks. Sometimes alleged to be a front for the NWO. In 2000, [[Alex Jones]] garnered lots of attention by sneaking into the Grove and filming their fraternity-esque Cremation of Care ritual, which he alleged to be a pagan sacrifice.
* The [[The Illuminati|Bavarian Illuminati]] was a short-lived secret society that was formed in 1776 and was devoted to freethought and the ideals of the Enlightenment, claiming over 2000 members across Europe. They fell apart in the mid-1780s, after Bavaria, where they were based, outlawed all secret societies. However, this hasn't stopped people from claiming that they somehow managed to not only survive, but complete their alleged goal of world domination. They are often alleged to be the masterminds of the New World Order.
** Well, Freethought and Enlightenment ideals ''are'' fairly mainstream in the western world now...<ref>Unless, of course, you're an American Republican in the early 21st century, in which case they are Dangerous Socialism.</ref>
* The Freemasons. Fears regarding their influence over America (many of America's Founding Fathers, including [[Benjamin Franklin]], [[George Washington]], and [[Andrew Jackson]], were Masons) were strong enough to lead to the creation of the Anti-Masonic Party in the early 19th century, which managed to get nearly eight percent of the vote at its peak. Today, they are sometimes alleged to be a part of the aforementioned NWO or Illuminati.
** In [[Tsarist Russia|Imperial Russia]], the Freemasons were widely associated with pretty much all the views and creeds coming from the West that the ruling elite despised: [[The French Revolution|republicanism]], [[Napoleon Bonaparte|Napoleonism]], [[The British Empire|Anglophilia]], [[Nuns-N-Rosaries|Catholicism]], [[Hollywood Atheist|atheism]], you name it. The image of the Evil Scheming Freemasons has made a bit of a comeback in recent years, giving the ultra-nationalists not only a convenient explanation as to why Russia's history for most of the 20th century [[Rasputin the Mad Monk|sucked]] [[Red October|so]] [[Dirty Communists|badly]], but another convenient excuse to keep hating [[Eagle Land|Americans]] long after the end of the [[Cold War]] -- "their country was founded by a bunch of Freemasons, that obviously proves that they have meant to screw us over all along!"
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* Also overlapping, part of the Rapture theory is that either in the days before or days following the Rapture, a One World Government will form under the leadership of the Antichrist. The EU, UN, and pretty much every other international government are simply the buildup.
* Agenda 21, a non-binding [[United Nations]] plan for sustainable development written in 1992, is often claimed (particularly on the right wing of American politics) to be a blueprint for imposing socialism, radical environmentalism and, in some versions, [[Kill the Poor|population reduction]] onto the world.
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