New World Order (conspiracy)

The term New World Order refers to a belief or conspiracy theory among apocalyptic religious and political extremist groups, especially in the United States, that the United Nations has created a secret plan, known as the New World Order (NWO), to rule the world via a totalitarian socialist world government. The belief may stem – at least partly – from the phrase New World Order, which has been used in politics for much of the Twentieth Century. See New World Order (political)

There are a number of different ideologies related to this belief; some groups are religiously motivated, and believe that the agents of Satan are involved. There are others without a religious perspective on the matter, known as illuminus. They operate outside of social, legal and political restraint, gathering information and evidence on world events that are considered instigated by another group of illuminated individuals called the Illuminati. While the Illuminati supposedly work behind the scenes to create conditions favorable to a New World Order, the illuminus gather evidence and take direct action, influencing groups to prevent the New World Order attaining a foothold. These illuminus believe that the totalitarian society has already arrived in a subtle form.

The understanding of these theorists is that the NWO will be created by a military coup, using UN and American troops, against all the nations of the world to bring about the One World Government. There was a belief among some believers in this thesis that this process would begin in 2000, set in motion by the predicted Y2K computer crisis causing widespread social disorder.

Some predictions made by users of this term of events that will occur under the NWO include:

• The abolition of private property rights and gun ownership
• all national and local elections controlled by the UN
• the US constitution replaced by the UN charter
• only approved religions will be allowed to exist – as parts of the One World Religion
• home schooling will be illegal and there will be a UN approved curriculum
• military bases will be turned into concentration camps to confine those who defy the NWO.

Although the UN is used as a central figure in these actions, sometimes Jews, Communists, extra-terrestrials – typically "The Greys" – the Trilateral Commission, the Bilderberg Group, the Illuminati, and similar bodies are included in the conspiracy.

See also New World Order (political)