As I understand it, they're basically like a Lion's Club or Elk Lodge but with a bunch of secret mysticism tacked on. Apparently it's really easy to join, you just have to ask, and be willing to say you believe in some kind of God (and I think you have to be male, too, not entirely sure about that though). A ton of really influential people in the early days of America were freemasons, so the social parts of the meetings back then probably involved a lot of influence trading and whatnot, but that's pretty much the full extent to which the conspiracy claims are in any way accurate, from what I understand. I'm no expert though, so others can correct me if I've gotten anything wrong.
Yeah that's basically it. Powerful people are attracted to secret societies because they're good place to do business.
There have been some major conspiring ran out of Masonic lodges. The colonization efforts in Liberia largely traces back to their lodge. GLADIO operated out of the P2 Masonic lodge in Italy. I remember reading that the human trafficking operation during the Dutroux Affair connected back to Masonic lodges.
As I understand it, they're basically like a Lion's Club or Elk Lodge but with a bunch of secret mysticism tacked on. Apparently it's really easy to join, you just have to ask, and be willing to say you believe in some kind of God (and I think you have to be male, too, not entirely sure about that though). A ton of really influential people in the early days of America were freemasons, so the social parts of the meetings back then probably involved a lot of influence trading and whatnot, but that's pretty much the full extent to which the conspiracy claims are in any way accurate, from what I understand. I'm no expert though, so others can correct me if I've gotten anything wrong.
Yeah that's basically it. Powerful people are attracted to secret societies because they're good place to do business.
There have been some major conspiring ran out of Masonic lodges. The colonization efforts in Liberia largely traces back to their lodge. GLADIO operated out of the P2 Masonic lodge in Italy. I remember reading that the human trafficking operation during the Dutroux Affair connected back to Masonic lodges.
But most freemasons are unaware of this.
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It's different from place to place. In Denmark you have to be a Christian and women are not allowed.