The Elite are eugenicists, who regard humanity in aggregate as animals that consume valuable resources and defile the planet. They believe the "herd" must be culled from time to time, whether by war, disease, famine, or other means.
People's perceptions of reality are filtered through the screening mesh of what they want, and do not want, to be true
The Illuminati use war and debt to control people, but sex is their primary weapon to dehumanize and enslave humanity.