Attributing Taylor Swift's success to a 2009 Illuminati humiliation ritual merely seeks to rob a successful female artist of her agency and credit for her own career
The Illuminati has become the go-to villain in grand narrative conspiracy theories, despite their humble origin as a shortly-lived German Enlightenment group
Twenty years after it was published, the Lacerta interview continues to inspire conspiracy YouTubers, UFO believers, and all manner of extraordinary claims.
