Have you ever sat and thought to yourself about all the crazy different conspiracy theories that we constantly hear about? I know I have. There was a time period for me where I binge watched countless youtube videos of self-proclaimed experts trying to reveal all types of outrageous theories. The majority of the conspiracies seem to be absolute bullshit but there are a few that will make you think twice and give you the curiosity to look into it a little further.
One theory that I've always had an interest in is the Illuminati. I was first exposed to the alleged secret group made up of the most elite and powerful group of people in the world through music. For some reason, there has always seemed to be a constant obsession between music and The Illuminati. There is a bunch of theories that exist within the conspiracy, one being New World Order it is considered an agenda where they are conspiring to rule the world by using an authoritarian government. I have heard the secret organization name dropped in countless songs growing up and even some before my time. There's thousands of lyrics that can be found where artists are mentioning how they've been approached to join the secret society, and some even rebelling against the group. Going back to 1999 where Tupac and The Outlawz released a song called Killuminati, which literally meant kill the Illuminati. The song was supposed to expose the elite group and all of their supposed dealings in society. This was a constant theme in Tupac’s music and some even believe that it's the reason behind him being murdered. There were so many conspiracies that surrounded Tupac throughout his life and even after his death. One being that he's somewhere shacked up in Cuba living a carefree life after faking his death.
Some say to join this elite group you have to have earned a substantial amount of money and be willing to follow all orders that they give. There are different interviews out there where you see musicians telling stories about them being approached and speaking on the subject.
There are few that believe that the reason so many musicians are approached is because this is the most effective way for the society to get their message out. By relaying the message from the higher ups they are alleged to be repaid with instant fame and fortune. I myself think part of it is true because everyone listens to music and there are all sorts of subliminal messages that goes over our heads. There were a couple artist who even hinted that to be taken into the group you had to actually “sell your soul” and hand over your life. "Illuminati want my mind, soul, and my body. Secret society, trying to keep they eye on me." - LL Cool J
You may be asking yourself where am I going with this. But there's always a thought that occurs to me that there has always been someone behind a curtain pulling the strings. M.T Anderson's Feed is a book based on a future society. Titus along with his five teenage friends all share the feed. The feed is a microchip that is put into the head and constantly feeds knowledge to the brain. It also does a majority of critical thinking. Violet, a girl Titus meets on the moon doesn't have the same view towards the feed as everyone else. Violet comes up with a plan to destroy her consumer profile that leads to her downfall.
In Feed, I think that there is a theme that occurs where the corporations actually run the society and not the government. For example, Feedtech allows Violet to die because she goes against the system and they can't make a consumer profile for her. The way I see it is if more people decided to use Violet's plan there would be a mass effect. If the feed can not make a consumer profile that would probably mean that the individual wouldn't buy anything which would cause sales to go down. When these sales decrease the first person businesses who sell the merchandise go to blame would most likely be FeedTech which would result in a lot of unhappy people. To prevent this it would be a lot easier for FeedTech to let people like Violet die to make certain precautions that something like this would never happen. If there are people that can't afford the feed that would imply that it isn't something that is relatively cheap and easy to obtain. Which brings me to the point that it's a very large money maker and nobody likes to lose money. If others chose to follow Violet’s path I think that it would start to make the whole point of the chip obsolete and this is one trend that FeedTech would absolutely hate. If a corporation has the power to take life or death situations into their own hands it should show how powerful they actually are. This causes me to wonder what if FeedTech had something to do with how the hacker from the party was beaten to death. To me, it all seems to relate. There are rumors and conspiracies about different celebrities dying because they spoke out against the secret society I mentioned earlier.
What if this was a way for FeedTech to keep any uprisings against the feed under control. I started to touch on this topic in my last blog, where if you go against a system there will always be efforts to keep things the way they are. When people who are filled with greed and constantly have money and power on their mind I think going as far as death may not be a crazy idea to them. When the FeedTech customer service associate informed Violet about how they can't fix her she was literally telling her that they don't have any interest in fixing her if she isn't buying anything and bringing in any money. “We’re sorry, Violet Durn. Unfortunately, FeedTech and other investors reviewed your purchasing history, and we don’t feel that you would be a reliable investment at this time. No one could get what we call a “handle” on your shopping habits, like for example you asking for information about all those wow and brag products and then never buying anything. We have to inform you that our corporate investors were like, “What’s doing with this?” Sorry — I’m afraid you’ll just have to work with your feed the way it is.” (p. 247). How would you feel if you were facing death and someone who has the keys to your life decided to tell you that you weren't a reliable investment?
This whole blog idea reminds me of a Netflix series I recently watched Iron Fist which is a Marvel based show about a boy who comes from a wealthy background and loses his family in a plane crash and is taken in by a monastery and eventually goes back to his hometown about 15 years later to take back part of his family company. In one scene he says that the world isn't run by the government anymore it's all big money making corporations that pull the strings. Take a guess what happens to the people that try to cause a stir with these corporations and secret cults in the series. They either are killed or nearly killed.
This all defiantly does seem like one crazy ass idea that someone made up, it's kind of hard to think about a bunch of rich people sitting around a table with hoods on discussing how they can control the world.
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Anderson, M. T. (2010-05-06). Feed (p. 247). Candlewick Press. Kindle Edition.
Malachi A.
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