I have only had time to read about three quarters of this rather lengthy article, but I am very impressed with it. It examines the history of the Illuminati theory and related conspiracy theories and finds that they tend to reinforce acceptance of the status quo by diverting attention away from the real forms of oppression by offering simple explanations involving evil-doers of one sort or another. After refuting such theories, the authors examine the real forms of oppression caused by the system of capitalism which features the separation of workers from the fruits of their labor for the benefit of a capitalist class.
As long as these class relations of exploitation keep running, day after day, the bourgeoisie will keep gaining more wealth and power by using the alienated labor of the proletariat, and keep strengthening the system that keeps this relationship in place. To end this situation, we will have to do more than attack individual members of the bourgeoisie. We will have to attack the system of capitalist social relations as a whole.
