You people have heard about ILLUMINATI.They are blamed for confusions in today's world.What their main aim?
First of all, we can not know what they are doing and what not. I can not agree with you that they are to blame for present state of the world because there is not enough evidence for that. As far as i know Illuminati are group of people who seek knowledge. But its funny to say that there are to blame for world state we are in now. Even if they still exist, there are other secret societies that have good part of playing with world situation...
The Illuminati have a whole network of subsidiary organizations. Maybe you mean them? One of the most famous secret societies is the Freemasons. They are the same Illuminati only recognized religion and believing in the occult. In fact look around and you will see plenty of evidence of the existence of these organizations.