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Yes I think it is likely that Kubrick did attempt to send a message with that movie (certainly his daughter has publicly said as much). The original Alex Jones video from Bohemian Grove is still out there and pretty darn weird as well.

But that stuff is sensationalist even though I suspect it's all true. Certainly Bohemian Grove is extremely well documented, and the Satanism/pedophilia/cannibalism stuff is increasingly leaking out - Jimmy Saville/Ted Heath/Epstein/Pizzagate/Balenciaga all in the last decade or so.

But at its heart Satanism is a philosophical belief system. There is a massive body of literature that stretches back to ancient times and much of it sounds very noble. However I think the fundamental flaws in the philosophy inevitably lead to corruption and it always ends up with the truly awful, lurid stuff. Many seemingly innocent, well meaning and harmless people get drawn in without understanding where it leads, or even what they are getting drawn into, or - in many cases - even believing that they are getting involved in something good and noble. Others likely think it's a joke - at least at first, and then later it's difficult to leave...

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