Illuminati is like the wizard of Oz... just a bunch of old crusty white guys who have knowledge that they don't want anyone else to have. They hide behind of curtain of terror but it's an illusion. The only have power because they have most of our minds. Remove the curtain and they're completely pathetic and useless.... the curtain being knowledge/freeing your mind. Who exactly are the"illuminati"? That's not important first of all, secondly, illuminati is not really a real "organization" it's most likely just a cult of rich assholes getting together to remain in power. There's nothing mystical or magical about them.... the only reason people think otherwise is because they're too stupid to figure out how shit works in this world.
It's really not fuckin hard. Knowledge is power, therefore, if they want to remain in power, why would they give everyone the knowledge? Why would they encourage people to be free when there's no capital to be made out of freedom? You cannot profit off of freeing people. So as long as there is McDonalds, Liqour and Jersey shore.... this so called illuminati will remain in power.