i agree with you, not all can be lumped into the whole system of the masonic background. some were invaded. some not. my dad. his brother. my uncles on both sides. my father in law were all masons. post ww2. it was offered as a brotherhood and team. they all got into it for business and team work (brainwashing of course). some realised it but could not get out. it is the higher ups who are the problem. many or most of the lower levels are thinking its just a symbolic thing. i dont think they ever realised what it was truly based on. (exampe: the whole catholic church is the same . do any of the 1.3 billion who are catholics fall in the same bracket as the heads of the church? absolutely not. my father was a good man. he couldnt hurt a fly. we never got spanked even. he was a cryptologist in the war in iceland. he got ptsd from a natzi sub that surfaced by his small boat. never trusted what was under the water after that.. nothing happened except it surfaced and got ptsd?

The lower level Mason's have no idea what's going on. They do charity events and help the poor so as to promote the narrative they are a legitimate organization but they are not. I had one work for me and he was giving away bikes at Christmas and turkeys at Thanksgiving I drilled him hard he had not a clue what the true core of the Mason was.