Jacob hadn’t left the house in weeks. It was too dangerous. They knew that he knew too much.
It had all started several months ago, when a friend had sent him an article stating that global warming was a hoax. Of course he didn’t read it at first. This bullshit was on the same level as the people blaming vaccines for autism. Stupid conspiracy theories, how could anyone believe those?
But then he got bored and opened the link anyway. What could go wrong? He wouldn’t suddenly forget all the scientific facts that he knew about this topic. Reading it would not make him dumber. On the contrary, this was his chance to see how these people were thinking. It could be quite amusing!
The more he read, the more uneasy the article made him feel. He didn’t really believe what they wrote. After all, it went against everything he knew. But the article explained, that the government didn’t want the normal citizen to know the real facts, so lies were published everywhere. How could he be sure that he hadn’t been fed lies the whole time?
People always said one should keep an open mind, question things. Shouldn’t he question his own beliefs? Wouldn’t it be wrong to condemn this theory only because he thought he was right? That would be very unscientific.
So he kept reading. And when he finished, a popup lead him to a different article. And then another one. And another. Before Jacob even noticed, he had read through the whole night and the sun was already rising over the horizon.
He had to force himself to go to work that day. Too many facts were buzzing in his head.
As he was standing at a red light, he looked up to the sky and a cold shudder shook his body. He could see the trails left behind by an airplane in the sky.
”Chemtrails”, a voice in his head whispered. ”They control you with these. Keep you calm and obedient. You should really minimize exposure. Go back home.”
The light turned green and Jacob kept walking, but it was even harder than before. He was tired and slightly scared. Nervously, he kept an eye on the sky. He expected to see a black helicopter hovering over the city any minute now, but the sky was clear and blue, aside from the chemtrails he had noticed earlier.
The day at work took forever. There was not enough work to do, so Jacob’s thoughts ran wild. Whenever he felt like nobody was watching, he read a few more paragraphs on the webpage his friend had sent him.
The fluoride in our drinking water keeps us from becoming too intelligent. Why would our government want smart and healthy people? We would just overthrow them. They don’t want that.
Jacob couldn’t help but nod. The most dangerous thing to a government where the people, it was only logical to keep them dumb and happy. Bread and Games for the Romans, fluoride and chemtrails for the Americans. He made a mental note to pick up some bottled water on the way home. Then he looked up which brands of bottled water were safe.
The next days, Jacob’s health, physical and mental, steadily declined. He was too afraid to leave the house, so he called in sick at work. Then he disconnected his phone, put a piece of tape across the camera of his laptop and set up a VPN to access the only site that mattered safely.
With every article he read, everything seemed to make more and more sense. He hadn’t realized it before, but every conspiracy theory combined added up to one single one that didn’t seem as crazy anymore. Sure, every conspiracy for itself might seem not really believable, but the big picture? It made so much sense.
Behind everything, there were the Illuminati. They had been founded many centuries ago and pulled the strings of humanity since. The members were part of every government, every big company, and every bank. And they knew exactly how to hide in plain sight.
The modern Illuminati, as Jacob liked to call them, had come to power in the 1960’s and were the ones who staged the moon landing. What better way to keep people distracted from the results of the Vietnam War?
And then, in the ‘70s, a lab created the virus responsible for AIDS to stop the extreme population growth. It worked, for a while. It then went on to the terrorist attack of 9/11 to justify the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq and never stopped.
After reading all this, Jacob knew that he was in deadly danger. The Illuminati definitely knew that he was researching them and it was only a matter of time until they would come for him and … kill him? Probably not. They would torture him first and the use it for one of their plans. Maybe he would turn up as a suicide bomber in some big city.
He couldn’t let them do that. That was why he had ordered something from the online black-market. Cyanide pills. They had promised him that it would be a painless death, a fast death. Better than what would expect him if he was apprehended by the government.
Jacob hesitated with the pills in his hands. Did he really want to do this?
The ringing of his doorbell sped up his decision. With one fluid movement, he dropped the pills in his mouth.
When the police found him, days later, they just shook their heads.
“Another one of these conspiracy theorists it seems”, said one of them. “Second one this month. Do you see all these prints of articles around him? How can any person believe this crap?”
“I don’t know”, said the other one. “It must seem obvious that all of this is bullshit.”
Disclaimer: I don’t believe in any of these theories. This story is just meant to capture how a person can get drawn into this kind of thing and that it doesn’t need to be someone who is absolutely unintelligent.
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Less than 10 years ago, if you said humans are going to be microchipped people would call you looney conspiracy nuts, now this is fact.
This is why we need a blockchain, so the past can't be buried..
Any of us sf fans from the past 70 years would have told you it was technologically inevitable, and until New Wave authors started to throw monkey-wrenches into the halcyon visions of the Golden Age, probably a really good thing.
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I did- pretty off-topic.
How can you not believe in it? The happenings around us are so obvious.
You are indoctrinated by the Illuminati
Also how do you know what happened to my best friend redacted?
You must be part of them, I knew it.
The Illuminati is everywhere
Shhhh. I'm trying to throw them off my trail D:
As a music business veteran with several gold and platinum awards under my belt, I can assure you the Illuminati does not exist. :D
It is scientifical proven that we don't need air to breath, in fact, we are space aliens that came to earth. The former population on this planet was annihilated by our superior technology, but the government turned as into sheeps. We have become independant on oxygen, so we would develope a weakness that the illuminati can take advantage off.
Stop breathing, go back to your roots.
Edit: The scientists were murdered by agents. The proof never went public, but I have connections so I know.
And no, Illuminati agents did not create the blockchain to avoid the courts and the Constitution. The people don't want privacy or freedom anyway. They are too dependent on oxygen to care! 😂
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I tried but couldn't do it - my body just forces me to keep breathing. Can I replace oxygen with, say, gas? That way I can keep breathing but without taking in oxygen, and then I would go back to my roots?
They are hiding the true existence of Pokemons!!!
:O
Those bastards
check area 51 for the hidden things mate @suesa , if you do not have access to it then why not create a space here on the community where all the secrets of the trade can be kept safe...
Taking you time to narrate this means a lot. well you may believe in the bulshit because things are happening. Nice one.
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Government means mind control! The elite uses mental slavery and mass mind-control tactics to enslave humanity and to make wars for divide & conquer!
I think the government is more evil than we credit them for.
Well, some of them anyway. There are some good people in the govmint - Snowden types, etc.
Systems thinking agrees with this.
Not sure why you have this tagged under fiction
Classic wikipedia-trap
Cause Jacob didn't kill himself, the illuminati got him
Oh I just mean... it's like real life in the US =P
Oh my
He went to the Dark Side!
As a music business veteran with several gold and platinum awards under my belt, I can assure you the Illuminati does not exist. :D
Hey, really great post! Keep up the good work!
I love this!
I like your disclaimer...
I want to prevent people from thinking I actually agree with the theories. Happens sometimes
I'm sure it does!
Nice texte ! :D i felt like in a big fiction/documentary !
Do you have any story about Bush junior to put in light his bad intentions he had ?
Good luck and continue ;)
I usually don't do politics, sorry
Ok no problem ;)
I tried to post a comment but when I refreshed it looked all wonky. Must be the Illuminati! :D
Anyway, great job. Very well written. Could be a movie. I was completely drawn in by the second paragraph. Kudos!
Poor Jacob. He would have loved my latest article on NASA's chembow program. :-)
I saw the comment and was confused xD
Happy you liked the story :)
I was confused too! Haha. Have a great day. Followed.
Great post! Thanks for sharing.
They don't want us to know a lot of things.
@trendo
Why did you tag yourself
haha, great post. upvoted, and followed.
Showing what had to seem eh hahah.
Great post!!
You had me right there at that: 'Behind everything, there were the Illuminati.' Upvoted, resteemed, and you got yourself a new follower - oh kind Steemian sharer, me myself :D
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Yeah, an aspect of the declining health many people experience could be as easily attributed to the negative psychosomatic effects of the paranoia indulging in serious conspiracy theory fosters, as the cumulative effects of awful stuff in your diet and immediate environment, inside and outdoors.
I love Alex Jones, Infowars, etc. for their entertainment value as much as a lot of b-grade action, sf, and fantasy movies/TV shows- but they're no more fact based than the mass media cheer-leading the current oligarchy, or any other online fake news.
Ever notice how the overwhelming portion of the gold/PM/crypto and survivalist advertising on Fox and Infowars is so much fraudulent crap?
Very true. Basically, in the past, I only had to worry about, say, the stranger taking a dump on my lawn. There was no way for me to know about all the threatening lawn-defilers in the world. But now, because of fb, because of TV - because of media in general, social and otherwise - not a single dump is taken anywhere in the world that doesn't somehow spring feet, arrive at my house, walk up to my door, knock, announce itself - all smelly and foul-like - and proceed to enter my house and eat at my table, and be like "dude, can you pass the salt?"
As far as an idea for STEM writeup, how about something based on the research into human consciousness- especially on that conflict zone of whether we really have any "objective" existence or we're just artifacts of holographic interference?
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Great story - but I believe all of those stories. Hey - those aren't condensation trails now are they? Or are you just saying that to throw off the illuminati? Sorry, they're onto you - but don't take the cyanide.
awesomely put
If I said governments were dangerous - you would probably laugh at me - another stupid conspiracy theorist... That is because you are brainwashed. FACT: Governments killing their own citizens accounted for more human deaths in the 20th century than all the wars combined. Pretty big statement since we had 2 world wars in the the 20th century! - Oh, and they always make guns illegal first!
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I believe all these conspiracy theories are part of a conspiracy theory that's meant to distract us from the fact that scientific immortality is possible and attainable, so that they'll get to it before we do - and then good luck taking on the Methuselah-Illuminati!
(The above is meant in jest. Except the part where scientific immortality is possible and attainable.)
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The rabbit hole is deep! Be careful not to get your fluffy white tail caught on something deadly.
You should look deeper into all this.
Nice piece , its just a wonder you cant see it in RL.
Also if you are interested to see what our governments hide from us
https://steemit.com/science/@polos/gravity-is-a-myth-proof
I hope you are joking
NO Im not.
Haven't you noticed when you replace the vowels in "cyanide" with A's you get-
cyAnAdA
and we know the letter y is just another Illuminati trick, eh?
Those frostbacks, it's just another frostback plot to kill all us WOKE 'merkins.
is this true?
No. It's a fiction story posted in the fiction tag.
good
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