The Cooperative, privately known as the Illuminati, is an enigmatic organization made up of visionaries for the post-apocalyptic future in Apocalypse.
Background[]
The Cooperative had advance knowledge of the 2020 nuclear apocalypse, allowing them to acquire and construct underground buildings, preparing them as luxury fallout shelters. The exclusive Hawthorne School for Exceptional Young Men was subsequently converted into Outpost 3.
Wilhemina Venable describes the Cooperative as "a collection of the dozen greatest minds mankind has to offer".[1]
After Michael Langdon arrives at the Outpost 3, introducing himself as an agent of The Cooperative, Wilhelmina Venable mentions that she got an encrypted communication from the Co-Op before all communication lines went down and was ordered to destroy it after she read it. She also angrily mentions that the Cooperative is made up of masters of the universe, titans of industry that managed to blow the whole world to hell.[2]
According to Jeff Pfister and Mutt Nutter, members of the Cooperative sold their soul to the Devil. The members would never admit to being in the organization. The Cooperative consists of a hundred members. According to Michael Langdon, the Cooperative is made up of world leaders, tech giants, media moguls, and cultural influencers. The Cooperative controls the money, the arts, the armies, the thoughts, and runs the world.[3]
Members[]
Other Known Members[]
- Vladimir Putin[3]
- Warren Buffett[3]
- Bill Clinton[3]
- Kim Pyong So[3]
- Unnamed Chancellor
- Unnamed President
- 95 other esteemed members
Notes[]
- In American Horror Story, the Cooperative is inspired by the Illuminati. Historically referring to an Enlightenment-era secret society, pop culture and conspiracy theories conflated the term with the New World Order and other similar organisations, supposedly controlling the world. As revealed by Mutt Nutter, the Cooperative was formerly known as "The Illuminati" and changed their name for branding purposes.
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References[]
- ↑ Episode: The End
- ↑ Episode: The Morning After
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Episode: Fire and Reign