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margin: 0 0 0.5em 0.5em; text-align:left; border: 1px solid #ff6600; width:175px;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center; color:White; background-color:#ff6600"><b>Some dare call it</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Conspiracy_theory" title="Conspiracy theory"><font size="4" color="White"><b>Conspiracy</b></font></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#ffe6d5;" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Category:Conspiracy_theories" title="Category:Conspiracy theories"><img alt="Icon conspiracy.svg" src="/w/images/thumb/5/58/Icon_conspiracy.svg/100px-Icon_conspiracy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" srcset="/w/images/thumb/5/58/Icon_conspiracy.svg/150px-Icon_conspiracy.svg.png 1.5x, /w/images/thumb/5/58/Icon_conspiracy.svg/200px-Icon_conspiracy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="195" data-file-height="195" /></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 95%; color:White; background-color:#ff6600; text-align:center;"><b>What <i>THEY</i> don't want<br />you to know!</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#ffe6d5;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bielefeld_conspiracy" title="Bielefeld conspiracy">Bielefeld conspiracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Do_your_own_research" title="Do your own research">Do your own research</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sexual_Bolshevism" title="Sexual Bolshevism">Sexual Bolshevism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_Against_Monsanto" title="March Against Monsanto">March Against Monsanto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Munich_shooting" title="2016 Munich shooting">2016 Munich shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/False_flag_operation" title="False flag operation">False flag operation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_on_Christmas" title="War on Christmas">War on Christmas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marika_Sboros" title="Marika Sboros">Marika Sboros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Wilcock" title="David Wilcock">David Wilcock</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 95%; color:White; background-color:#ff6600; text-align:center;"><b><a href="/wiki/Sheeple" title="Sheeple"><span style="color:white">Sheeple</span></a> <a href="/wiki/Wake_up" title="Wake up"><span style="color:white">wakers</span></a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#ffe6d5;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/G._Gordon_Liddy" title="G. Gordon Liddy">G. Gordon Liddy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nsnbc.me" title="Nsnbc.me">Nsnbc.me</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberty_Beacon" title="Liberty Beacon">Liberty Beacon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Dice" title="Mark Dice">Mark Dice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Moore" title="Roy Moore">Roy Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RageAfterStorm" title="RageAfterStorm">RageAfterStorm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudy_Giuliani" title="Rudy Giuliani">Rudy Giuliani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Family_Research_Council" title="Family Research Council">Family Research Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Kessler" title="Jason Kessler">Jason Kessler</a></li></ul> <div class="vte plainlinks" style="font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Template:Conspiracynav" title="Template:Conspiracynav">v</a> - <a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Conspiracynav" title="Template talk:Conspiracynav">t</a> - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Conspiracynav&action=edit">e</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div role="note" class="hatnote">Were you looking for the book by <a href="/wiki/Pat_Robertson" title="Pat Robertson">Pat Robertson</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_World_Order" class="mw-redirect" title="The New World Order">The New World Order</a></i>?</div> <p>The <b>New World Order</b> (<b>NWO</b>) is a notoriously <a href="/wiki/Vague" class="mw-redirect" title="Vague">vague</a> <a href="/wiki/Conspiracy_theory" title="Conspiracy theory">conspiracy theory</a> which claims that some powerful group is either secretly running the world or on the verge of gaining such control (implying that if and when <i>they do</i>, the end <s><a href="/wiki/Second_coming" class="mw-redirect" title="Second coming">times</a></s> is upon us). </p><p>The bulk of the evidence provided amounts to some <a href="/wiki/Pseudohistory" title="Pseudohistory">pseudohistorical</a> hodgepodge — typically involving anything from Napoleon and the <a href="/wiki/Rothschild" title="Rothschild">Rothschilds</a>, to a supposed <a href="/wiki/International_Jewish_Conspiracy" class="mw-redirect" title="International Jewish Conspiracy">International Jewish Conspiracy</a> to take over the world, to shady weekend conferences held at Ellis island and the <a href="/wiki/Bilderberg" class="mw-redirect" title="Bilderberg">Bilderberg</a> hotel — <a href="/wiki/Shoehorning" title="Shoehorning">assembled backwards</a> from the fact that in the recent history of the now living, <a href="/wiki/WAKE_UP" class="mw-redirect" title="WAKE UP">9/11 was a thing that happened</a>. Thus, the logic goes that the <a href="/wiki/Georgia_Guidestones" title="Georgia Guidestones">Georgia Guidestones</a> (<a href="/wiki/CFR" class="mw-redirect" title="CFR">CFR</a> × <a href="/wiki/Monsanto" title="Monsanto">Monsanto</a>) + <a href="/wiki/Quotemining" class="mw-redirect" title="Quotemining">quotemining</a> H.W. Bush ÷ <a href="/wiki/RFID" title="RFID">RFID</a> chipped <a href="/wiki/Anti-vaccination_movement" title="Anti-vaccination movement">flu vaccines</a> (≈ <a href="/wiki/Book_of_revelation" class="mw-redirect" title="Book of revelation">book of revelation</a>) = <a href="/wiki/FEMA_death_camps" class="mw-redirect" title="FEMA death camps">FEMA death camps</a>. </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Origin_of_the_phrase"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Origin of the phrase</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Meaning_for_conspiracy_theorists"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Meaning for conspiracy theorists</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Out_of_one.2C_many"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Out of one, many</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Relation_to_Explanations_of_Actual.2C_Real_Power_Structures"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Relation to Explanations of Actual, Real Power Structures</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#NWO_theories_today"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">NWO theories today</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#From_liberals"><span class="tocnumber">5.1</span> <span class="toctext">From liberals</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#UFOs_and_the_NWO"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">UFOs and the NWO</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#Claims_Of_Evidence"><span class="tocnumber">6.1</span> <span class="toctext">Claims Of Evidence</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#Rejection"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Rejection</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#New_World_Order_Bible_Prophecy"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">New World Order Bible Prophecy</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="#Crime"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">Crime</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">10</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13"><a href="#Want_to_read_this_in_another_language.3F"><span class="tocnumber">10.1</span> <span class="toctext">Want to read this in another language?</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">11</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15"><a href="#Parodies"><span class="tocnumber">11.1</span> <span class="toctext">Parodies</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-16"><a href="#Notes"><span class="tocnumber">12</span> <span class="toctext">Notes</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-17"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">13</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Origin_of_the_phrase">Origin of the phrase</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_World_Order&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Origin of the phrase">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>The phrase is often traced back to Virgil, whose fourth eclogue included the phrase "novus ordo seclorum", accurately translated "new order of the ages" but often mistranslated "new world order". Classicists think this relates on one level to the start of the Roman Empire under Augustus and on a more personal level to the birth of Virgil's patron Pollio's son. But alternative interpretations have abounded: in the Middle Ages, Christians decided to interpret that as relating to <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a> bringing a new order, either with his first coming shortly after Virgil's time, or some <a href="/wiki/Second_coming" class="mw-redirect" title="Second coming">later event</a>. Whether secular or Christian, a belief that the US would offer a new order to the world was in the minds of the Founding Fathers of the USA who put Virgil's motto on the Great Seal of the US, and hence on currency. The classicist and political theorist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Strauss" class="extiw" title="wp:Leo Strauss" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Leo Strauss">Leo Strauss</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> was a big fan of Virgil and also an influence on 20th century <a href="/wiki/Conservatism" title="Conservatism">conservatism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Neoconservatism" title="Neoconservatism">neoconservative</a> thought, which helped popularise the concept later.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup> </p><p>The precise phrase "new world order" seems to go back to the mid-19th century, with the eccentric Victorian religious poet <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_James_Bailey" class="extiw" title="wp:Philip James Bailey" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Philip James Bailey">Philip James Bailey</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> writing in 1848 in the 3rd edition of his ever-growing epic <i>Festus</i>: "Ye are all nations, I a single soul. Yet shall this new world order outlast all."<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup> However it was also used in a more mundane sense, with the OED noting William Roscoe Thayer's 1892 history of Italy using the phrase to reference <a href="/wiki/Napoleon_Bonaparte" title="Napoleon Bonaparte">Napoleon</a>'s rule.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup> </p><p>A more prominent early use of the phrase was the title of the 1920 book <i>The New World Order</i> by Frederick C. Hicks,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup> but it is usually misattributed to H.G. Wells' 1940 book of the same name. The phrase had previously been used by Nicholas Murray Butler, in his 1917 book <i>A World in Ferment</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup> The phrase also appeared in a 1940 essay by occultist writer <a href="/wiki/Alice_Bailey" title="Alice Bailey">Alice Bailey</a>, in her posthumously published 1957 compilation <i>The Externalisation of the Hierarchy</i>. To Hicks, Wells, and Bailey, the term referred to a benevolent social democracy that would soon emerge, just as the Founding Fathers had thought the birth of the US presaged a new, more enlightened polity (not quite what the Emperor Augustus brought, but the link to Virgil is apparent), while Butler used the term to describe World War I as it was being waged. </p><p>Conspiracy theorists, however, believe the term goes back earlier, to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Rhodes" class="extiw" title="wp:Cecil Rhodes" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Cecil Rhodes">Cecil Rhodes</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Curtis" class="extiw" title="wp:Lionel Curtis" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Lionel Curtis">Lionel Curtis</span></a>,<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> circa 1909. This seems to be largely an invention of Robin Brown's 2015 book <i>The Secret Society: Cecil John Rhodes's Plan for a New World Order</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup> Brown claimed that Rhodes planned to establish a secret <a href="/wiki/Homosexual" class="mw-redirect" title="Homosexual">homosexual</a> society to rule the world, in conjunction with British general <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_George_Gordon" class="extiw" title="wp:Charles George Gordon" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Charles George Gordon">Charles George Gordon</span></a>,<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> and after Rhodes' death, his executor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Milner,_1st_Viscount_Milner" class="extiw" title="wp:Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner">Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> continued things, leading to <a href="/wiki/Appeasement" title="Appeasement">appeasement</a> of <a href="/wiki/Hitler" class="mw-redirect" title="Hitler">Hitler</a> and much more. There are several problems with the theory such as a total lack of evidence: Rhodes had mentioned forming a secret society in his youth, as many boys and young men do, but there was no evidence he ever did, and Rhodes doesn't seem to have used the phrase "new world order".<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup> </p><p>Its popularization among conspiracy theorists can be traced to over forty years ago, when the phrase appeared in the 1972 book <i>None Dare Call It Conspiracy</i> by <a href="/wiki/John_Birch_Society" title="John Birch Society">John Birch Society</a> writer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Allen" class="extiw" title="wp:Gary Allen" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Gary Allen">Gary Allen</span></a>.<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> He claimed it to be the "code word" the International Communist Conspiracy<sup>TM</sup> would use when they were ready to unveil their secret plans for a socialist world government. This book was widely read in right-wing conspiracy-minded circles during the 1970s, and is probably the source of the hysteria that later erupted over the term. </p><p>The notion of a New World Order came into the political mainstream following the end of the <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a>. Conspiracy theorists point to a speech by <a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">George H. W. Bush</a> on September 11, 1990 (exactly 11 years before <a href="/wiki/9/11" title="9/11">you-know-what</a>) that popularised the term, but this was one of a series of speeches Bush made in 1990 and 1991 setting out what was variously called the New National Security Strategy or Aspen Strategy (after the location of one of his speeches), and Bush had drawn on similar rhetoric by Mikhail Gorbachev in the late 1980s.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup> In a 1991 speech, Bush was explaining that, following the collapse of the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> and Russia would cooperate rather than compete.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup> All <a href="/wiki/International_relations" title="International relations">international relations</a> experts agree that at that point, the old order of bipolarity had ended and a new system was coming into place. The exact nature of the new system has been greatly debated over the years. </p><p>As outlined below, the meaning for conspiracy theorists went in a different direction. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Meaning_for_conspiracy_theorists">Meaning for conspiracy theorists</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_World_Order&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Meaning for conspiracy theorists">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:352px;"><a href="/wiki/File:NWO_protester.jpeg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/w/images/thumb/e/e8/NWO_protester.jpeg/350px-NWO_protester.jpeg" decoding="async" width="350" height="246" class="thumbimage" srcset="/w/images/thumb/e/e8/NWO_protester.jpeg/525px-NWO_protester.jpeg 1.5x, /w/images/thumb/e/e8/NWO_protester.jpeg/700px-NWO_protester.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="968" data-file-height="681" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:NWO_protester.jpeg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Aw, man. The New World Order seemed like a good idea until we saw the sad faces on this man's sign.</div></div></div> <p>The New World Order conspiracy started as an extension of old John Birch Society conspiracy theories about the role of the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a>. This theory claimed the UN was merely a tool of the <a href="/wiki/Communism" title="Communism">Communists</a>, and that the end goal was the complete subjugation of the United States to the United Nations. This would then set up a world government where all of the freedoms Americans hold dear would be abolished. Usually, top American officials were claimed to be in on the conspiracy. </p><p>As is usual with conspiracy theories, there are many contradictory variations on the theory. The most popular variation used to maintain that international bankers (a common <a href="/wiki/Code_word" title="Code word">code word</a> for <a href="/wiki/International_Jewish_Conspiracy" class="mw-redirect" title="International Jewish Conspiracy">the Jews</a>) were pulling the strings of both the US and USSR. Others of a more obvious <a href="/wiki/Racism" title="Racism">racist</a> bent flat-out said that <a href="/wiki/Zionism" title="Zionism">Zionists</a> were the ones responsible (like always). As many conspiracy theorists also believe the Jews are responsible for either the banks or Communism (or both), these three strands are often woven together into a completely ridiculous whole. </p><p>Supporters of this theory can say to a certain degree who is part of it, but no one can determine who <i>isn't</i> part of the NWO. International organizations such as the World Bank, IMF, European Union, the United Nations, and NATO are often listed as core NWO organizations, and presidents and prime ministers of nations are routinely included in the conspiracy. A slightly different version of the NWO theory goes as far as saying these families and persons are all part of the same bloodline. Most prominent families such as the Rockefellers, Morgans, and Du Ponts, as well as European monarchs, are said to be important members as well. Specifically, the <a href="/wiki/Rothschild_family" title="Rothschild family">Rothschild family</a> is often accused of being among the masterminds. </p><p>Some versions of the theory are just reworkings of the old <a href="/wiki/Illuminati" title="Illuminati">Illuminati</a> conspiracy theory, where a secret society is said to be working behind the scenes for world domination or some other nefarious purpose. Sometimes, the Illuminati may be explicitly mentioned in these versions of the theory. Other versions will reference more recent groups such as the <a href="/wiki/Trilateral_Commission" title="Trilateral Commission">Trilateral Commission</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Bilderberg_Group" title="Bilderberg Group">Bilderberg Group</a> (which, unlike the Illuminati, actually do exist), which are commonly mentioned. <a href="/wiki/Freemasons" class="mw-redirect" title="Freemasons">Freemasons</a> are also regularly cited as perpetuating a conspiracy for world domination. The <a href="/wiki/Pope" title="Pope">Pope</a>, or the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church" title="Roman Catholic Church">Roman Catholic Church</a> in general, are believed by some to be orchestrating the NWO. Still others point to the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Scientology" title="Church of Scientology">Church of Scientology</a> as the true culprits. Many other manifestations of the NWO theory characterize it as an <a href="/wiki/International_Jewish_conspiracy" title="International Jewish conspiracy">international Jewish conspiracy</a>, although many others see conspiracy leadership elsewhere and are not <a href="/wiki/Anti-Semitism" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-Semitism">anti-Semitic</a> (explicitly, at least). Famous crank and <a href="/wiki/Perennial_candidate" title="Perennial candidate">perennial candidate</a> <a href="/wiki/Lyndon_LaRouche" title="Lyndon LaRouche">Lyndon LaRouche</a>, for example, saw the British as the leaders of the conspiracy and the Jews merely as pawns of British power. </p><p>It is because the NWO has limitless power and is worldwide in reach that it can be alleged to have been behind just about any event anywhere. This makes it less of a conspiracy theory than a framework into which any conspiracy theory can be <a href="/wiki/Shoehorning" title="Shoehorning">shoehorned</a> (a "super-conspiracy theory"). This also commonly involves a belief in <a href="/wiki/Pseudohistory" title="Pseudohistory">pseudohistories</a> (usually ripped off from the <a href="/wiki/Crank" title="Crank">cranks</a> of yesteryear) in an attempt to explain the origins of the NWO. For example, more modern incarnations of the NWO theory often draw on older Freemason and Illuminati theories and claim that groups like the Bilderbergs grew out of these earlier conspiracies. </p><p>The conspiracy theory remained marginal until the 1990s and the growth of the Internet. At that point, theorists started to see <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> as the biggest pawn of the NWO. The events at both Ruby Ridge and Waco were considered part of the attempt to remove American liberties pursuant to an eventual takeover by either FEMA or the UN. During this era, the theory was most closely connected to certain <a href="/wiki/Paleoconservative" class="mw-redirect" title="Paleoconservative">paleoconservatives</a>, and to the burgeoning <a href="/wiki/Militia_movement" title="Militia movement">militia movement</a>. <a href="/wiki/Pat_Robertson" title="Pat Robertson">Pat Robertson</a> gave a boost to belief in the theory with his 1992 book <i>The New World Order</i>. Increasingly preposterous variations on the theory proliferated during the early to mid-1990s, such as allegation that mysterious fleets of <a href="/wiki/Black_helicopters" title="Black helicopters">black helicopters</a> were being prepared for military occupation of the U.S. </p> <h2><span id="Out_of_one,_many"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Out_of_one.2C_many">Out of one, many</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_World_Order&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Out of one, many">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>As is typical of many conspiracy theories, there is not one theory, but several contradictory ones. </p><p>Because of this, we strongly recommend to get a NWO conspiracy theorist to explicitly state which particular "theory" they are backing, should you meet one. There are two reasons for this: </p> <ul><li>Conspiracy theorists frequently don't know much about their own theory, and consequently can't give a direct answer — only that there must be a conspiracy.</li> <li>In the event that the person does have a clear idea, you obviously must know which one they support so as not to waste your time talking about another one.</li></ul> <h2><span id="Relation_to_Explanations_of_Actual,_Real_Power_Structures"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Relation_to_Explanations_of_Actual.2C_Real_Power_Structures">Relation to Explanations of Actual, Real Power Structures</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_World_Order&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Relation to Explanations of Actual, Real Power Structures">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>In reality, there are power differences. There are forms of power, especially by Western governments and businesses in the form of: international organization bias, military interventions, economic exploitation, and dominant cultural exportation (Yeah Barbie!™). For more credible (but not universally agreed upon) theories or arguments of world power structures, see Wikipedia on "Core-Periphery Theory", "Criticism of United Nations", "Economic Exploitation", and "Cultural Imperialism". </p><p>The most striking difference between reality and the Conspiracy Theory is the CT's idea that everyone with power is in strict collaboration. In actuality, there is much competition, backstabbing, and differing goals between Presidents, military leaders, business managers, and others in power. It is plausible (and often shown true) that world leaders are not always innocent or transparent and that leaders have more control than many people might prefer, as evidenced in news leaks and controversies around the world. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="NWO_theories_today">NWO theories today</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_World_Order&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: NWO theories today">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:402px;"><a href="/wiki/File:NWO_pyramid.jpeg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/w/images/thumb/0/00/NWO_pyramid.jpeg/400px-NWO_pyramid.jpeg" decoding="async" width="400" height="356" class="thumbimage" srcset="/w/images/0/00/NWO_pyramid.jpeg 1.5x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="400" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:NWO_pyramid.jpeg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>"What we know as 'aliens.'"</div></div></div> <p>It is hard to imagine any US president giving up American sovereignty to any organization, particularly the UN. However, some especially paranoid conservatives and <a href="/wiki/Libertarianism" title="Libertarianism">libertarians</a> believed that once the Democrats came into power in 2008, it was only a matter of time until a <a href="/wiki/Socialism" title="Socialism">socialist</a> one-world government was instated and American sovereignty given up.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10">[note 1]</a></sup> Dissenters would naturally have to be <a href="/wiki/FEMA_concentration_camps" title="FEMA concentration camps">controlled or eliminated somehow</a>. The loss of Democratic Congressional power in the 2014 mid-term elections discredited that idea, and the paranoid conservatives were somewhat silenced. </p><p>It is believed that there are to be numerous internment camps<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11">[10]</a></sup> located within the United States and that these internment camps will start being seen as signs before any action is taken. These camps are to be used to store any Americans who protest or give any sort of fight against the Secret Service Guard that is to be used to control the population and new laws. </p><p>The version found on the <a href="/wiki/Religious_right" class="mw-redirect" title="Religious right">religious right</a> mixes the conservative tropes with <a href="/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">biblical</a> <a href="/wiki/End_times" title="End times">end times</a> prophecies. The general theme is that the <a href="/wiki/Anti-christ" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-christ">anti-christ</a> will come to Earth as the head of the UN and use it to implement a world government and <a href="/wiki/One_world_religion" title="One world religion">one world religion</a>, which will either be theistic <a href="/wiki/Satanism" title="Satanism">Satanism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atheism" title="Atheism">atheism</a>, or a <a href="/wiki/New_Age" title="New Age">New Age</a> belief, depending on which conspiracy theorist you listen to.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12">[note 2]</a></sup> The prophecies of <a href="/wiki/Revelation" title="Revelation">revelations</a> are of immense relevance here. Anyone who rejects the <a href="/wiki/Number_of_the_Beast" title="Number of the Beast">Mark of the Beast</a> will be sent to die in FEMA camps. <a href="/wiki/Texe_Marrs" title="Texe Marrs">Texe Marrs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Dice" title="Mark Dice">Mark Dice</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Alex_Jones" title="Alex Jones">Alex Jones</a> are the main proponents of this theory today, though this isn't counting the <a href="/wiki/The_Vigilant_Christian" title="The Vigilant Christian">many</a> <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Hopkins" title="Michelle Hopkins">vocal</a> supporters with a high number of followers on <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a>. They generally consider the more high-profile supporters who stay off their rabbit hole to be huge <a href="/wiki/Shill_gambit" title="Shill gambit">shills</a> for the NWO.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13">[note 3]</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="From_liberals">From liberals</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_World_Order&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: From liberals">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>In the most recent, more <a href="/wiki/Liberal" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal">liberal</a> version, instead of the UN taking sovereignty away from the US, the US (through the UN) plans to conquer the entire world. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are thus believed to be the first stages in that plan. In this version, it is the <a href="/wiki/Neocon" class="mw-redirect" title="Neocon">neocons</a> who are the masters behind the NWO. An adherent to this theory is <a href="/wiki/Latin_America" title="Latin America">Latin-American</a> rapper <a href="/wiki/Immortal_Technique" title="Immortal Technique">Immortal Technique</a>. </p><p>Another version of this from the left stems from the anti-<a href="/wiki/Globalization" title="Globalization">globalization</a> movement, in which transnational corporations will implement global corporate governance.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14">[11]</a></sup> This form of the conspiracy is where left and right often <a href="/wiki/Horseshoe_theory" title="Horseshoe theory">bleed together</a>, as right-wing <a href="/wiki/Populism" title="Populism">populist</a> and <a href="/wiki/Producerism" title="Producerism">producerist</a> views oppose globalization as well. This can be seen in <a href="/wiki/Third_positionism" class="mw-redirect" title="Third positionism">third positionism</a> and the political campaigns of <a href="/wiki/Lyndon_LaRouche" title="Lyndon LaRouche">Lyndon LaRouche</a>. </p><p>There are real power structures, non-transparency, etc. Many of these fringe interpretations of world affairs overlap with more accepted theories/models. See above "<a href="#Relation_to_Explanations_of_Actual.2C_Real_Power_Structures">Relation to Actual, Real World Power Structures</a>." </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="UFOs_and_the_NWO">UFOs and the NWO</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_World_Order&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: UFOs and the NWO">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>The New World Order conspiracy has gained currency within the <a href="/wiki/UFO" class="mw-redirect" title="UFO">UFO</a> sub-culture as well. In this form of the conspiracy, the <a href="/wiki/Extraterrestrial" title="Extraterrestrial">aliens</a> are actually in control of the secret cabal running the NWO or are <a href="/wiki/David_Icke" title="David Icke">shapeshifters taking the form of world leaders</a>. This also usually involves theorized cover-ups of <a href="/wiki/Area_51" title="Area 51">Area 51</a>, <a href="/wiki/Roswell" title="Roswell">Roswell</a>, and the forged "<a href="/wiki/Majestic_12" title="Majestic 12">Majestic 12</a>" documents as part of the NWO conspiracy. </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Claims_Of_Evidence">Claims Of Evidence</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_World_Order&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Claims Of Evidence">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:302px;"><a href="/wiki/File:Rockefeller_fake_quote.jpeg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/w/images/thumb/6/69/Rockefeller_fake_quote.jpeg/300px-Rockefeller_fake_quote.jpeg" decoding="async" width="300" height="181" class="thumbimage" srcset="/w/images/thumb/6/69/Rockefeller_fake_quote.jpeg/450px-Rockefeller_fake_quote.jpeg 1.5x, /w/images/thumb/6/69/Rockefeller_fake_quote.jpeg/600px-Rockefeller_fake_quote.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="604" data-file-height="365" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Rockefeller_fake_quote.jpeg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>This totally real quote is the only evidence we'll ever need!</div></div></div> <p>Much of the imagined evidence for the theory rests on the symbolism found on various items, such as the Great Seal of the United States and other items on the US one dollar bill, and their supposed connections with ancient symbols of evil or the Masons (as if actual conspiracies would deliberately leave public tell-tale clues). The phrase "novus ordo seclorum," which appears on the Great Seal and one dollar bill, is often mistranslated as "new world order" or "new secular order" in order to boost this theory, but the actual translation is "new order of the ages". Company logos have been associated with the NWO for something as little as a triangle, eye, or compass. </p><p>Much is often made of the recurrence of 13, which is connected to the ancient witches' covens or the Masons. Other examples include strange murals in the <a href="/wiki/Denver_Airport_conspiracy_theory" class="mw-redirect" title="Denver Airport conspiracy theory">Denver International Airport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C._street_design_conspiracy_theory" title="Washington, D.C. street design conspiracy theory">Masonic signs on buildings (particularly in Washington DC)</a>, and pentagrams worked into city plans. </p><p>This, of course, neglects the importance of the 13 Colonies to the founders of the United States. On the other hand, this could be subject to still more paranoia. The question of why an organisation bent on ruling the world without anybody knowing would then proceed to plaster its logo over everything is generally ignored. </p><p>The lack of concrete evidence of plotting or of actions taken by the NWO is usually ascribed to the skill of the plotters in <a href="/wiki/Coverup" title="Coverup">covering up</a> such activities. </p><p>Most of the evidence provided is frivolous, or simply batshit insane. For example, in a (since deleted) video<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15">[12]</a></sup> "exposing" the ancient cult of <a href="/wiki/Saturn" title="Saturn">Saturn</a> (which is somehow linked to the NWO, who are apparently "<a href="/wiki/Satan" title="Satan">Satan</a> worshippers"<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16">[13]</a></sup> or something, because the word Saturn kinda sounds like Satan according to <a href="/wiki/David_Icke" title="David Icke">David Icke</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17">[14]</a></sup> the first thing shown is a children's game with cubes worshipping a rainbow cube, which supposedly resembles the "Black Cube of Saturn"<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18">[15]</a></sup> (referring to the center of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn%27s_hexagon" class="extiw" title="wp:Saturn's hexagon" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Saturn's hexagon">Saturn's hexagon</span></a>,<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> which according to <a href="/wiki/Wingnuts" class="mw-redirect" title="Wingnuts">wingnuts</a> is a Satanic shrine). The rainbow cube, while giving the speech, is standing on three children's blocks with the letters "NWO". </p><p>Taking commonplace shapes like cubes and pyramids and linking them to pretty much everything that's ever existed is apparently <i>de rigueur</i> for conspiracies these days.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19">[16]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Rejection">Rejection</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_World_Order&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Rejection">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:352px;"><a href="/wiki/File:G8_leaders_watching_football.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/G8_leaders_watching_football.jpg/350px-G8_leaders_watching_football.jpg" decoding="async" width="350" height="229" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/G8_leaders_watching_football.jpg/525px-G8_leaders_watching_football.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/G8_leaders_watching_football.jpg/700px-G8_leaders_watching_football.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4021" data-file-height="2629" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:G8_leaders_watching_football.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>A <i>sinister</i> meeting of G8 leaders in 2012.</div></div></div> <p>The idea that the US, as well as <i>a lot</i> of other countries and supranational organizations, which are notoriously bad at keeping secrets,<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20">[note 4]</a></sup> would be able to hide a conspiracy of this magnitude sounds like a joke at best. Furthermore, the phrase itself was popularised by a publicly televised speech made in front of a joint session of Congress by the POTUS; so much for a secret conspiracy, or for not trusting what politicians say. When one further considers the current antipathy felt between some of the leaders of the UN and the US, you have a theory that really is laughable. The US and UN cannot even agree on any of the basic accords that come before the UN, with the US often either trying to push activities that the rest of the UN blocks or else vetoing activities that the rest of the UN believes in.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21">[note 5]</a></sup> </p><p>In order to explain the above, believers claim that the US deliberately humiliated itself by releasing its own secrets in an effort to give the impression that it can't keep them — and this is a cover for the real secrets which it <i>can</i> keep. A similar argument is made about the antipathy felt between the leaders of the UN and the US. </p><p>Yes, they seriously claim that all evidence to the contrary is disinformation. This means that the theory is impossible to <a href="/wiki/Falsifiability" title="Falsifiability">falsify</a>. </p><p>Other caveats are that: </p> <ul><li>Even if the NWO was established and everyone was under the same flag/religion/whatever, it remains to be seen how long it would last before breaking apart due to massive civil unrest (a single country is one thing; <i>an entire planet</i> is something else entirely), and/or internal dissensions, for whatever reasons, between its rulers — unless of course they used magical <a href="/wiki/Mind_control" title="Mind control">mind control</a> devices able to affect <i>everyone</i> on Earth, including perhaps themselves.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22">[note 6]</a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li>Some versions of the conspiracy say the global government will establish what is basically a <a href="/wiki/Neoliberalism#International_Relations_Neoliberalism" title="Neoliberalism">neo-liberal</a> regime. So far so good... until someone sees these versions are often proposed by libertarians. So what's the point?</li></ul> <p>... But then again, that's what they <i>want</i> you to think, isn't it? </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="New_World_Order_Bible_Prophecy">New World Order Bible Prophecy</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_World_Order&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: New World Order Bible Prophecy">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>When you look into NWO conspiracy theories, most, if not all, have Bible-Thumping in them. This comes from a page in the <a href="/wiki/Book_of_Revelation" title="Book of Revelation">Book of Revelation</a>, stating a New World Order will occur for seven years, and then <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a> returns and defeats the Antichrist, and then we all live happily ever after (except for a <a href="/wiki/Types_of_people_who_go_to_Hell" class="mw-redirect" title="Types of people who go to Hell">brief list of people</a>). So let's say the NWO theory IS right, and it happens. Would it obviously prove the Bible? No. That would be an example of <a href="/wiki/Affirming_the_consequent" title="Affirming the consequent">Affirming the consequent</a>. Yes, the Bible states there will be a NWO, but just because one happens does <i>not</i> mean the entire Bible automatically is true. In whole, this is the argument presented by conspiratards: </p> <ul><li>If the Bible is true, then There will be a New World Order.</li></ul> <ul><li>There will be a New World Order.</li></ul> <ul><li>Therefore the Bible is true.</li></ul> <p>This type of argument can be shown as fallacious as using a similar argument: </p> <ul><li>If it is sunny today, I'll get a haircut.</li></ul> <ul><li>I'm going to get a haircut.</li></ul> <ul><li>Therefore, because I'll get a haircut, it is sunny today.</li></ul> <p>The same applies for the <a href="/wiki/Qur%27an" title="Qur'an">Qur'an</a> thumpers. </p><p>David Icke <a href="/wiki/Stopped_clock" title="Stopped clock">doesn't fall for this argument</a>, which makes most conspiracy theorists hate him. <a href="/wiki/Shill_gambit" title="Shill gambit">Take a guess on how they react</a>. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Crime">Crime</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_World_Order&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Crime">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>In May 2019, an <a href="/wiki/FBI" class="mw-redirect" title="FBI">FBI</a> memo from the Phoenix Field Office designated several political conspiracy theories (<a href="/wiki/QAnon" title="QAnon">QAnon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pizzagate" title="Pizzagate">Pizzagate</a>, <a href="/wiki/HAARP" title="HAARP">HAARP</a>, New World Order, <a href="/wiki/Sandy_Hook_massacre" title="Sandy Hook massacre">Sandy Hook massacre</a>) as domestic threats with the potential to incite violence.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23">[17]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-fbi_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fbi-24">[18]</a></sup> As evidence, the FBI cited arrests for criminal activities associated with the conspiracy theories.<sup id="cite_ref-fbi_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fbi-24">[18]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="See_also">See also</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_World_Order&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Council_on_Foreign_Relations" title="Council on Foreign Relations">Council on Foreign Relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Dice" title="Mark Dice">Mark Dice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dispensationalism" title="Dispensationalism">Dispensationalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/End_times" title="End times">End times</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Reserve" title="Federal Reserve">Federal Reserve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Icke" title="David Icke">David Icke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illuminati" title="Illuminati">Illuminati</a>, who they are often confused with</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Infowars" class="mw-redirect" title="Infowars">Infowars</a></i> and <a href="/wiki/Alex_Jones" title="Alex Jones">Alex Jones</a>, for all the latest news about NWO implementation</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesus_Is_Savior" title="Jesus Is Savior">Jesus Is Savior</a> (please don't access the website jesus-is-savior.com if you're not into <a href="/wiki/Haig%27s_Law" title="Haig's Law">severe self-harm</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_conspiracy_theories" title="List of conspiracy theories">List of conspiracy theories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moral_panic" title="Moral panic">Moral panic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fun:New_World_Order_drinking_game" title="Fun:New World Order drinking game">Fun:New World Order drinking game</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Union" title="North American Union">North American Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/One_world_government" title="One world government">One world government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/One_world_religion" title="One world religion">One world religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Rudkowski" title="Luke Rudkowski">Luke Rudkowski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smoloko_News" title="Smoloko News">Smoloko News</a> (a so-called news website that thinks <a href="/wiki/International_Jewish_Conspiracy" class="mw-redirect" title="International Jewish Conspiracy">Jews are behind everything and anything</a>, including NWO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Targeted_Individuals" title="Targeted Individuals">Targeted Individuals</a>, i.e. those that the NWO keeps harassing out of pure malice</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Useless_eaters" class="mw-redirect" title="Useless eaters">Useless eaters</a>, who the NWO will <i>eventually</i> get rid of</li> <li><a href="/wiki/ZOG" class="mw-redirect" title="ZOG">ZOG</a></li></ul> <h3><span id="Want_to_read_this_in_another_language?"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Want_to_read_this_in_another_language.3F">Want to read this in another language?</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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style="float:left; position:relative; margin:2px; padding-left:35px;"> <div style="position:absolute; top:1px; left:1px;"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Lang-fr.gif/30px-Lang-fr.gif" decoding="async" width="30" height="20" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Lang-fr.gif/45px-Lang-fr.gif 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Lang-fr.gif/60px-Lang-fr.gif 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="333" /></div>Si vous voulez cet article en <a href="/wiki/Category:Fran%C3%A7ais" title="Category:Français">français</a>, il peut être trouvé à <b><a href="/wiki/Nouvel_Ordre_Mondial" title="Nouvel Ordre Mondial">Nouvel Ordre Mondial</a></b>. </div><br /> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="External_links">External links</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_World_Order&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: External links">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.infowars.com">Infowars</a>, a conspiracy theorist website about the New World Order.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newworldorderwar.com">Newworldorderwar</a>, Wingnut ravings about the "New World Order Agenda".</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://educate-yourself.org/nwo/brotherhoodindex.shtml"><i>The Brotherhood and the Manipulation of Society</i></a>, a fairly typical variation of the theory, with some spiritual <a href="/wiki/Woo" title="Woo">woo</a> thrown in too.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=Oceewj5YQkQC&oi=fnd&pg=PA46&dq=new+world+order+conspiracy+theory+globalization&ots=QfzEfGMZ7k&sig=sOdbtusR-wpWf6SwV0nKoouFHhA#v=onepage&q=new%20world%20order%20conspiracy%20theory%20globalization&f=false">"Conjuring order: The new world order and conspiracy theories of globalization"</a> by Alisdair Spark. (Found in <i>The age of anxiety: conspiracy theory and the human sciences</i>, ed. Jane Parish)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2010/fall/patriot-paranoia">Patriot Paranoia: A Look at the Top Ten Conspiracy Theories</a>, <a href="/wiki/Southern_Poverty_Law_Center" title="Southern Poverty Law Center">Southern Poverty Law Center</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.adl.org/special_reports/rage-grows-in-America/Rage-Grows-In-America.pdf">Rage Grows in America: Anti-Government Conspiracy Theories</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anti-Defamation_League" title="Anti-Defamation League">Anti-Defamation League</a> report, Nov. 2009</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.acts17-11.com/conspire.html">Christians & Conspiracy Theories: A Call to Repentance</a> (theological debunking of the Christian brand of the theories)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1998/09/98/conspiracy_-_radio_5_live/185161.stm">Death to the New World Order</a>, BBC</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.publiceye.org/antisemitism/nw_barkun.html">Interview with Michal Barkun</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nwo-report.com/">NWO Report</a>, Drudge-Style Digital Curation Site About The New World Order.</li></ul> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Parodies">Parodies</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_World_Order&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Parodies">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20091019034544/http://geocities.com/beaver_militia/">The Beaver Militia</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Al_ikuHezWYbA2ypjgy_.HEAAAAA;_ylv=3?qid=20081213090632AAlTufj">Yahoo Answers</a> - Yes, Virginia there is a New World Order</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/New_World_Order">Uncyclopedia's parody</a> of the New World Order.</li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Notes">Notes</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_World_Order&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="references-small" style="font-size:90%;"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-10">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">As is common with conservatives, this statement appears to be little more than <a href="/wiki/Psychological_projection" title="Psychological projection">an unwitting broadcast</a> of <a href="/wiki/Project_2025" title="Project 2025">their <i>own</i> intentions</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-12">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Never mind that atheism <a href="/wiki/Atheism_as_a_religion" title="Atheism as a religion">isn't actually a religion</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-13">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Though Mark Dice being accused of this is understandable. He is on YouTube, and looks sane in comparison to these whackjobs. At least in his version, not <i>everyone</i> is in on it!</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-20">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Examples of the US's inability to keep secrets include <a href="/wiki/Watergate" class="mw-redirect" title="Watergate">Watergate</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Pentagon_Papers" title="Pentagon Papers">Pentagon Papers</a>, the Downing Street memo, the black ops sites of the CIA, the involvement by the CIA in the overthrow of several regimes, and the NSA spying program. Other examples everywhere include leakages of trade treaties as TPP or TTIP, negotiated in almost entire secrecy, or countless espionage scandals.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-21">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">For examples of this, see the US efforts to stop the violence in Darfur or engage in sanctions against Iran, or conversely, the US's resistance to a <a href="/wiki/Climate_change" title="Climate change">climate change</a> treaty or to criticism of <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-22">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Seriously, attempts to unite ethnic groups that <b>despise each other</b> within one mega-nation have often ended in disaster (see the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkans" class="extiw" title="wp:Balkans" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Balkans">Balkans</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> for a particularly infamous example). How uniting <i>the entire world</i> as a single nation would be more successful while <a href="/wiki/Racism" title="Racism">racism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bigotry" title="Bigotry">bigotry</a> still exists is a mystery.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=New_World_Order&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: References">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="references-small" style="font-size:90%;"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://harpers.org/2007/09/novus-ordo-seclorum/">Novus Ordo Seclorum</a>, Harpers, September 2007</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.best-poems.net/poem/festus-xxxix-by-philip-james-bailey.html">Festus XXXIX</a>, Philip James Bailey, reproduced on Best-Poems.net</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">"new world order, n.". OED Online. March 2021. Oxford University Press. <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www-oed-com.nls.idm.oclc.org/view/Entry/245805">https://www-oed-com.nls.idm.oclc.org/view/Entry/245805</a> (accessed March 16, 2021).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://archive.org/details/newworldorderin00hickgoog">http://archive.org/details/newworldorderin00hickgoog</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://archive.org/stream/aworldinferment00butlgoog#page/n120/mode/2up/search/world+order">http://archive.org/stream/aworldinferment00butlgoog#page/n120/mode/2up/search/world+order</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-6">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">See the <a 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