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** They could even claim it’s purpose has to do with something in the future.
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** [[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch It's also possible that he might be a "good" reptoid and honestly wants to prevent global warming]].
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** Plus, it seems like people have "heard of" the Illuminati in the show's world much like in the real world, in that people know the name and have theories about them but they are not taken seriously by the public. So maybe the Robes think of it as a double bluff. It would serve the Robes' purpose for the people who are onto the truth to be dismissed as cranks. And it seems the members of the Illuminati are all rich and powerful people anyway.
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** Plus, it seems like people have "heard of" the Illuminati in the show's world much like in the real world, in that people know the name and have theories about them but they are not taken seriously by the public. So maybe the Robes think of it as a double bluff. It would serve the Robes' purpose for the people who are onto the truth to be dismissed as cranks. And it seems the members of the Illuminati are all rich and powerful influential people anyway.
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** The script part isn't required to form new memories, it just helps. If Ron absorbed the conditioning he'd be able to brief Reagan when they woke up.
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** Plus, it seems like people have "heard of" the Illuminati in the show's world much like in the real world, in that people know the name and have theories about them but they are not taken seriously by the public. So maybe the Robes think of it as a double bluff. It would serve the Robes' purpose for the people who are onto the truth to be dismissed as cranks. And it seems the members of the Illuminati are all rich and powerful people anyway.
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** If they can dismiss the ''Black Plague'' as "population control," then these guys can probably rationalize anything as being necessary for the GreaterGood.
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** If they can dismiss the ''Black Plague'' as "population control," then these guys can probably rationalize anything ''anything'' as being necessary for the GreaterGood."greater good."
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** If they can dismiss the ''Black Plague'' as "population control," then these guys can probably rationalize anything as being necessary for the GreaterGood.
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** We're also shown that Cognito Inc. isn't the only group out there controlling the government. It's possible they wanted to change the Constitution without letting the other groups like the Illuminati and/or the Reptoids know about it.
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** Regarding the Constitution thing, while Cognito does control a lot of the US Government, it's implied they don't control ALL of the US government. That's why they had Brett run for Senate earlier, to increase Cognito's influence in Congress. Who says the guards at the National Archives are under Cognito or not, or what other parts of the US government Cognito has less influence on?
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** It's possible the Robes allow the Illuminati to exist exactly because they are so obsessed with celebrity and fame, thus drawing attention away from Cognito. So conspiracy theorists and other people interested in uncovering the truth of who runs the world are drawn to Illuminati, a minor conspiracy, while Cognito and other more important agents of the Robes are still kept a secret, so they can operate in peace.
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** It's explicitly shown that the mushroom people in the reunion use their telepathy on the human guests to make it look like a stereotypical US high school reunion instead of how it really is. Presumably this illusion also affects the video clips shown there, so whatever toys Myc really had 5000 years ago were changed to Dragon Ball toys to make the clip culturally understandable to the humans.
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* "Reagan & Mychelle's Hive School Reunion" raises two questions: 1. Why is the team's mission to revise the Constitution a sneaky heist job if Cognito controls the US government? Why couldn't they have just walked in there, replaced the current Constitution with the revised one, and then walked out? 2. If Myc was in hive school 5,000 years ago, how could he have been a ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' nerd?
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** OP here, now the better question would be why the Robes keep them around, considering their vanity makes them a liability to the Deep State's secrecy.
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** It’s implied that the Illuminati is one that prides itself on reputation and showboating: unlike Cognito, whose staff consists of white collar workers, the Illuminati seems to focus mostly on celebrity culture and the fleeting nature of fame. In other words, they rely heavily on AwesomeButImpractical. By contrast, despite Cognito being dysfunctional, mundanely corporate, and not at all glamorous, they still manage to get work done and keep themselves a secret, being BoringButPractical.
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** It’s implied that the Illuminati is one that prides itself on reputation and showboating: unlike Cognito, whose staff consists of white collar workers, the Illuminati seems to focus mostly on celebrity culture and the fleeting nature of fame. In other words, they rely heavily on AwesomeButImpractical. By contrast, despite Cognito being dysfunctional, mundanely corporate, and not at all glamorous, they still manage to get work done and keep themselves a secret, being BoringButPractical. Of course, in the world of Inside Job, the company that gets the most positive attention is the one that looks the coolest.
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** It’s implied that the Illuminati is one that prides itself on reputation and showboating: unlike Cognito, whose staff consists of white collar workers, the Illuminati seems to focus mostly on celebrity culture and the fleeting nature of fame. In other words, they rely heavily on AwesomeButImpractical.
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** It’s implied that the Illuminati is one that prides itself on reputation and showboating: unlike Cognito, whose staff consists of white collar workers, the Illuminati seems to focus mostly on celebrity culture and the fleeting nature of fame. In other words, they rely heavily on AwesomeButImpractical. By contrast, despite Cognito being dysfunctional, mundanely corporate, and not at all glamorous, they still manage to get work done and keep themselves a secret, being BoringButPractical.
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** It’s implied that the Illuminati is one that prides itself on reputation and showboating: unlike Cognito, whose staff consists of white collar workers, the Illuminati seems to focus mostly on celebrity culture and the fleeting nature of fame. In other words, they rely heavily on AwesomeButImpractical.
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** Kluge is shown to be vain man and also obsessed with his own reputation. So it would make sense he cares more about the Illuminati's fame than its secrecy.
