The System: Disembodied Will

The X-Files had a series of episodes about "black oil". It was an alien substance that had been infecting humans on earth since the ice ages. It transforms them from a real human into a host for an alien life form. A few other TV shows and movies have the same theme, like The Expanse and The Matrix. I think it represents civilization.

The "system" is a strange thing. It's not human. It's not even of humans. It's something else. It's a disembodied will--of whom? I'm fairly sure that concept is represented by the "illuminati eye". The capstone of the pyramid is missing. It's in another dimension distinct from 3D reality. The people who run the system often cast themselves as servants--public servants. Really they're system servants.

The brain mechanism for feeling or knowing this external will might be similar to the mechanism our ducks use to make decisions. It's a group brain. It really is an external entity because it's not really in any one person's mind, rather, it's formed from multiple minds.