Very similar to the society that the French were revolting against during the revolution - so you can see why people would’ve made that connection. They weren’t even based in France! They started in 1776 in Bavaria - a state in modern-day Germany - which at the time was part of the Holy Roman Empire and run by a powerful noble dynasty. Simone: But here’s the conundrum: the organization we think of as the Illuminati had actually been defunct for years at this point. Simone: Ah yes, it couldn’t be the people organizing to revolt against oppressive conditions… no, no… it must be Illuminati. And he says, a rumor started to surface…īutter: And the parties involved in this conspiracy - the overthrow of all authorities, government and religion - are the Illuminati. Michael Butter, a professor of American Cultural History at the University of Tubingen in Germany. Michael Butter: Leading intellectuals all over Europe all come to the conclusion that the French Revolution was the result of a big conspiracy. Simone: And people are like, how did that happen?ĭr. Do you hear the people sing? The Third Estate - AKA the French Revolution’s version of the 99% - is in a years-long and bloody revolt against existing power structures.that eventually led to the overthrow of the clergy and the crown… Think Louie the XVI, Marie Antoinette, let them eat cake, and the storming of the Bastille. Simone: Because when this conspiracy theory was born, shit was going down in France that was making the rest of the world a little nervous, and a little suspicious. Simone: To understand the American obsession with the Illuminati conspiracy theory, we actually need to start with the French Revolution…
Simone: So open up your third eye, sheeple! It’s the Illuminati episode - stay woke. And along the way, we’ll learn some uncomfortable truths about the state of our country. Simone: To answer all this, we're journeying around the globe and back again. But where did they come from? How did they travel all around the world? And was the Illuminati ever really real? Illuminati conspiracy theories have had staying power. Simone: Man, y’all haters really are corny. And conspiracies about the Illuminati are still around! Especially in pop culture. Simone: 223 years ago this July 4th week, Timothy Dwight delivered that speech, warning his fellow countrymen about that shady secret society, hell-bent on destroying American democracy. Every episode, we take a moment from that very same week in history - and tell you the story of how it shaped our world. Simone: From Gimlet Media, this is Not Past It, a show about the stories we can’t quite leave behind. Simone: Wow that sounds serious! But obviously the idea that the Illuminati are pulling the strings behind the scenes is just a conspiracy theory. Timothy Dwight Reenactment: The great and good ends proposed by the Illuminati, as the ultimate objects of their union, are the overthrow of religion, government and human society, civil and domestic. government - and that organization is the Illuminati. Simone: Anyways, Dwight’s sermon is titled “The Duty of Americans at the Present Crisis.” And the “present crisis” he’s worried about is a theory: there’s an organization conspiring to infiltrate the U.S. Simone: “Bugbears,” huh? That’s a good old-timey insult to keep in the backpocket. Timothy Dwight Reenactment: Justice, truth, kindness, piety, and moral obligation universally, have been not merely trodden under foot but ridiculed, spurned, and insulted, as the childish bugbears of driving idiocy. Timothy Dwight has some bigger things on his mind…he’s worried for his country… Simone: But this speech isn't quite the birthday celebration you might expect. Timothy Dwight Reenactment: Oh thou God of our fathers! Our own God! And the God of our children! The school’s president, Reverend Timothy Dwight, stands in front of a crowd of his fellow New England elites and delivers a sermon. Simone: The scene is Yale College, which had already been around for nearly a century. It's July 4th and a young United States of America is celebrating her 22nd birthday - the perfect time to have an identity crisis. Simone: The year is 1798 - think waistcoats and powdered white hair. A divided nation will anticipate ruin, prepared by its enemies. Timothy Dwight Reenactment: A divided family will destroy itself.
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