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==Criticism of the Illuminati and Government==

==Criticism of the Illuminati and Government==

As leader of the society, Welch decided that the root cause of most of the troubles was a two-century-long conspiracy of the "[[Illuminati]]," a group supposedly founded in Bavaria in 1776. He declared it was responsible for the French and [[Russian Revolution]]s and the two world wars, the rise of fascism and communism as well as evils of Wilson's Federal Reserve and income tax, Roosevelt's New Deal, Lyndon Johnson's Great Society. Most insidious of all was the United Nations.  It also controlled the Communist party and the [[Trilateral Commission]]. The only member of the Illuminati he could identify by name was [[Nelson Rockefeller]].  Reagan was suspect because he picked for vice president the choice of the Illuminati, [[George H.W. Bush]]. Welch argued that the Illuminati was subversive of good government, destructive of religion, and used professional agitators and massive terror to destroy the good people, while manufacturing smears to destroy the brave souls who tried to expose it.<ref>There's more; see Stewart (2002).</ref>

A leader of the John Birch Society, John McManus, decided that the root cause of most of the troubles was a two-century-long conspiracy of the "[[Illuminati]]," a group supposedly founded in Bavaria in 1776. He declared it was responsible for the French and [[Russian Revolution]]s and the two world wars, the rise of fascism and communism as well as evils of Wilson's Federal Reserve and income tax, Roosevelt's New Deal, Lyndon Johnson's Great Society https://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=TCtkDaSg2-U. Most insidious of all was the United Nations.  It also controlled the Communist party and the [[Trilateral Commission]]. The only member of the Illuminati he could identify by name was [[Nelson Rockefeller]].  Reagan was suspect because he picked for vice president the choice of the Illuminati, [[George H.W. Bush]]. Welch argued that the Illuminati was subversive of good government, destructive of religion, and used professional agitators and massive terror to destroy the good people, while manufacturing smears to destroy the brave souls who tried to expose it.<ref>There's more; see Stewart (2002).</ref>

In October 2009, JBS criticized the Department of Homeland Security's TSA:

In October 2009, JBS criticized the Department of Homeland Security's TSA: