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Do secret societies that wish to bring about a new world order still exist?

First, I like mention some very right biases used in the video I am providing as an example. But, there appears to be several of these videos of different flavors all leading up to a "One World Order" scenario. Trade barriers are becoming more lax, international financial institutions are intimately intertwined, the recent change of power in North Korea, and the current uprisings in Egypt, Lybia, and Tunisia as the arab spring are all signs, at least in my opinion, that the alleged conspiracy theory may have some truth. Is there any proof that the idea of a One World Order is in the works?

One of the many videos is provided here.

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This question doesn't mention secret societies which is much narower in scope. This is more on an open record, political level. – hydroparadise Feb 10 '12 at 4:42
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So what exactly are you skeptical of? I'm not sure you can be skeptical of a world that is naturally converging to a single form of govt. by itself? Most of those youtube videos point the finger at some smaller group trying to steer the world in that direction; essentially a conspiracy. – xiaohouzi79 Feb 10 '12 at 4:45
The video holds some very high profile, well known political jounalists reporting on the topic. Given their status, I am inclined to give some weight to the claim. However, I am skeptical there is truly is any evidence on a broader scale. It would be easy to see there could be a politcal agenda whith these journalists. Is the convergence truly natural or is there proof of a catalyst amongst international governments? I can't find any, but I am a horrible researcher... – hydroparadise Feb 10 '12 at 4:53
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The video makes multiple claims. One way to deal with this is to pick one of them, and ask about that. Maybe for example, one' of Glenn Beck's claims about FEMA camps. Oh no, wait, that's a duplicate. Maybe one of the others - I couldn't sit through the whole thing. – Oddthinking Feb 10 '12 at 7:49
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The "the recent change of power in North Korea" was a peaceful succession of power, triggered when a 70-year-old man died. Power passed to his son, just as it had passed to him when his father died in 1994. How can this possibly be used as evidence for a big plot for major change? – Oddthinking Feb 10 '12 at 7:57
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Maybe not what you had in mind, but yes. And it's the UN that's at the core of it (not some "secret society" or "evil capitalists"):

http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/10/un_agenda_21_coming_to_a_neigh.html

Agenda 21 as a sustainability agenda which is arguably an amalgamation of socialism and extreme environmentalism brushed with anti-American, anti-capitalist overtones.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/is-the-soros-sponsored-agenda-21-a-hidden-plan-for-world-government-yes-only-it-is-not-hidden/

Agenda 21 is a two-decade old, grand plan for global ’Sustainable Development,’ brought to you from the United Nations. George H.W. Bush (and 177 other world leaders) agreed to it back in 1992, and in 1995, Bill Clinton signed Executive Order #12858, creating a Presidential Council on ‘Sustainable Development.’

http://green-agenda.com/agenda21.html

"Effective execution of Agenda 21 will require a profound reorientation of all human society, unlike anything the world has ever experienced a major shift in the priorities of both governments and individuals and an unprecedented redeployment of human and financial resources. This shift will demand that a concern for the environmental consequences of every human action be integrated into individual and collective decision-making at every level." - excerpt, UN Agenda 21

http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/7870-agenda-21-and-the-movement-toward-a-one-world-govt

The UN’s Agenda 21 is definitely comprehensive and global — breathtakingly so. Agenda 21 proposes a global regime that will monitor, oversee, and strictly regulate our planet’s oceans, lakes, streams, rivers, aquifers, sea beds, coastlands, wetlands, forests, jungles, grasslands, farmland, deserts, tundra, and mountains. It even has a whole section on regulating and “protecting” the atmosphere. It proposes plans for cities, towns, suburbs, villages, and rural areas. It envisions a global scheme for healthcare, education, nutrition, agriculture, labor, production, and consumption — in short, everything; there is nothing on, in, over, or under the Earth that doesn’t fall within the purview of some part of Agenda 21.

http://www.democratsagainstunagenda21.com/

In a nutshell, the plan calls for governments to take control of all land use and not leave any of the decision making in the hands of private property owners. It is assumed that people are not good stewards of their land and the government will do a better job if they are in control. Individual rights in general are to give way to the needs of communities as determined by the governing body. Moreover, people should be rounded up off the land and packed into human settlements, or islands of human habitation, close to employment centers and transportation.

http://americanfreedomwatchradio.com/

Agenda 21 is the 21st Century PLAN for a “New World Order” through GLOBAL GOVERNANCE. Agenda 21 is the ELITIST plan to control your life demanding you, “do as I say, not as I do”. You will be required to give up your individual freedom, your personal property and redistribute your wealth

Just a smithering of links from all sides of the political spectrum. Some more alarmist than others, but all agree on one thing: it's a massive attempted powergrab to establish total UN control over all aspects of human existence, and total social and economical restructuring around a deindustrialised society.
Whether there's some "secret society" to which those who push for it belong is of course not answered or even mentioned, as such would be impossible to prove anyway (after all, if it were known to exist and those people known to be members it'd hardly be a secret society).

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"all agree on one thing: it's a massive attempted powergrab" - Absolutely true. All of these cherry-picked web-sites you have listed agree on this point. Fortunately, others don't. This answer, as it stands, would make an excellent question. – Oddthinking Feb 10 '12 at 8:07
I simply picked the first several a search turned up... fortunately, there are many more. And of course Greenpeace, PETA, and their ilk won't agree. p.s. a mod downvoting an answer based on personal opinions isn't good for the site, which is what you did. – jwenting Feb 10 '12 at 12:02
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So rather than arguing over who has more references, we need to start ensuring the references are quality, peer-reviewed sources that provide empirical evidence or links to empirical evidence. p.s. My view is based on an objective complaint - you claimed a consensus for a conspiracy where none exists, so it wasn't just a personal whim. And I didn't actually downvote it, as I had already closed the question. – Oddthinking Feb 10 '12 at 12:15

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