This is a topic that both fascinates and amuses me.
On one hand, there could be "signs" read into as evidence of a global conglomerate conspiracy--the use of religion as a form of control, media scares to sway the masses, the alleged threat of terrorism as justification for oil pirating, etc...
On the other, it seems preposterous for a secret society bent on world domination and the merging of all governments to leave little clues in the form of a symbology riddle lying all over the place, apparently simple enough that any jackass with a youtube account can decipher.
To the latter point, the conspiracy theorists will argue that while public cluing is an obvious flaw in the design of a covert conglomeration, the "rules" of these people behind the curtain insist that they make themselves known in certain forms; as if it's a game to them and concepts like the all-seeing eye and a billion other "Red Flags of NWO" codes must be placed in plain view.
But if you ask me, the dominance of an entire planet and its intelligent, self-aware species is not a challenge that should be left to risk by giving us clues and riddles and indications of their intentions. That's allowing for disruption in their grand design; a doorway to error and demise. If these shadow people were as clever as the theorists give them credit for, they wouldn't be taking chances with irrelevant details like cool symbols and hidden codes more akin to a Dan Brown novel than a real imperialistic plot.
Contrastly, I don't doubt that there are plots by people behind the control booth to manipulate the public, and sadly, the majority of the general population are dumb enough and conditioned enough by the idiot box to fall for it.
Think about Swine Flu... out of nowhere comes this dangerous, potentially fatal disease (that's been around forever if you do the proper research). Be careful of the bacon you eat! Beware of shopping malls. Avoid schools and supermarkets! BUT DAMMIT, BE SURE TO COME IN TO YOUR LOCAL TRIAGE AND GET THIS CONCOCTION WE'VE CONVENIENTLY FORMULATED INJECTED INTO YOUR ARM! You want to live, don't you?
And now how lethal is the Swine flu? Surely it still exists, but do we hear about it anymore? No.... it's no different than the avian bird flue, the cow disease, SARS, AIDS, Pox, and whatever new scare they decide to churn out next. It's all illnesses they get the man on the news to feed the masses to frighten them--it gets them to watch TV, makes them feel "involved in a crisis", has people more open to marketing suggestions. As a matter of fact, I saw recently that "Winter Flu" is now in style. Watch the next flavor of the year illness become this big scary threat over the next few months...
Or the notion that the Western Civilization is under a constant threat from, ironically, everyone on the planet with oil... This justifies the taking over of nations and the implementation of our own cooperative form of government, and how convenient that the oil prices keep going up... On deck, Iran and Saudi Arabia... meanwhile, we basically ignore places like North Korea--sure, they're a loose cannon with legitimate, ACTUAL chemical and nuclear grade weaponry, but they don't have anything we want, so, hey, China, Russia, you wanna keep an eye on those guys? We've got some more oil-rich ground to cover.
We show ourselves as the saviors and world police, doers of right and righters of wrongs. And to the media-brainwashed mass public, they believe it. To anyone not interested in herd mentality and individual research, I ask the question: How do you think a family in a Middle Eastern country feels when they see on THEIR televisions and blaring from their radios that the "Superpower" is going to attack their city soon, because the Super Power is telling their idiot citizens that we're going to attack them with mustard gas and nukes any day? Then this family watches their home get blown up, arms and eyeballs flying around the house, Daddy's guts strewn across the living room as jets roar and explosions blare throughout the city. Sometime after when they have buried their father, and their brother is forever armless and with only one eye, their dog missing a leg, they have settled into a cottage on the outskirts of a distant town, when in the middle of the night men come in screaming, with freakish night vision goggles, helmets, gigantic guns, and they start abducting the mom and siblings, screaming in a foreign language... these people are ripped from their homes, mocked, abused, imprisoned, accused, tortured, and sometimes never set free....
All because these people made up a lie to steal money...
Do you think THESE people think we're in the right? Who are REALLY the ones terrorizing?
Again, media-forced perception, shadow government control.
Then there's the greatest myth ever perpetuated: Jesus Christ. A magical son of an invisible God who sits somewhere judging us all, biding his time, waiting to return as a ghost... talk about the greatest hoax of all time, and how they get people to behave. A giant con job devises thousands of years ago that still works to this day.
It is in the nature of many to deceive, manipulate, and control, and some people who get in positions of power, sadly, follow through with these psychotic notions.
So, in a sense, yes, there is an under-lying government, who execute plots and plans to sawy the masses and mold us like clay, but a one-world government will not happen, because also in our nature is conflict, and they will never all agree. Plus the whole "secret code" shit is a bunch of silly crap that theorists claim as smoking gun proof that their ideas are legit--to, ironically, make money for themselves...