they are not anonymous, mysterious or shadowy, they have names and addresses, the most prominent family being the rothschilds who have a controlling stake in every central bank and huge investment bank in the world.
do they exist? do you have a dollar?
Exactly. Whether they call themselves the Illuminati, something else or don't even recognise their own affiliation, there is definitely a class of people controlling civilisation to a significant extent. I don't know about all the Lucifer stuff, that's a topic for another podcast :)