The GODS: Tale of the Tape (General)
How many GODS do you think there are on earth? Aka: the known universe
I'm thinking somewhere in the several thousands - that's a vague guess.
We'd need to define what qualifies you as a GOD to answer it
Let's say Onassis was one, for example, Murdoch, of course, those WW2 Winner-types - then you've got your modern day GODS - your Zuckerbergs, Musks, Xi Jin-pings, Putins, your Gateses, the Bushes & so on - these are the out there GODs - the vaudeville guys ...
But then there are the Unidentified Flying MOUs (UFMOUs). They're still hiding in super plain sight, you can pretty much bank on it - it' not some Mr Powerful Dasatardlies meeting in a dimly lit underground office - they've for sure got those, in case of an emergency, but it's not where they do business day-to-day - it's Dan's Dr Parney Albright-types, heads of powerful deep-state orgs for long periods of time ... They avoid the limelight - don’t avoid the powerlight, though, they live for it. Wake up each day knowing that.
There are a lot of those guys around. Not a lot, not milions of 'em - thousands - i'd be surprised if it broke 10k. Under 5 more likely. Maybe as low as 2 or 3.
The tier effect. Where are the cut-offs for the tiers? You don't rule the known universe by yourself - you need a large, powerful org equipped with the latest tech, over which you have control, which ripples out in terms of executive to enforcement to compliance levels.
To define a true GOD, the only slightly tricky bit is the cut off point between first to second tiers. Second tier, you're still going to be a very influential dude, but not a GOD. What are your thoughts on that, Dan, how to break that down?
Pretty much exclusively male.
Loads of secret society/insider stuff. The Secret Lower Truth. In fact, that's normal life. Every action is justified according to this closed-society creed.
Concerned with controlling Culture above all else (?) Culture is the dynamic medium through which the GODS' will is made manifest to the masses.