Lackeys

Lackeys are a currency in the game alongside people and diamonds. They are obtained from brainwashing and each give an efficiency boost starting at 3%. When the inner circle brainwashing menu is first unlocked, the illuminati guide Nailitper tells the player that "some people become lackeys with no free will and the rest forget everything!"

The idea of lackeys is very much linked to the game's theme of world domination. Having more profits from a bigger influence will give you more lackeys from brainwashing.

Lackey upgrades
The main use of lackeys is to obtain lackey upgrades from the inner circle menu, which are listed below. These give major profit boosts per-producer or globally to a whole stage, or increase the % bonus per lackey. The player can also buy Aleister Raw for 10 lackeys from the managers menu, enabling the "buy all" button in the upgrades menu.

Lackey upgrades apply across all stages of the world domination plan (e.g. if you have the Deep Web and Dictatorship unlocked, "All media x5" will apply to them both).

Trivia

 * The appearance of people, the main currency, is that of small, featureless orange people. Lackeys instead appear as having a triangular head with an illuminati eye.