men formed civil groups as a counter to government overreach. how is this board any different? if you think masons at the bottom of the pyramid know the 'real' secrets, you're wrong. masonic lodges are in small towns everywhere and NOTHING can be kept secret in a small town for long. nothing.
i see. what you have is a case of ignorance. if you take offense at my use of that term, my point is proven.
bible gonne get btfo soon, dude. better get used to skipping the citations and going straight to the lesson.
case by case, like everything else. i know exactly what you mean about how they work together. but for the vast, vast majority of those in these 'fraternities', the only secrets they know are the ones they are allowed to know…usually weird stuff that they would not want others to know they were part of so they keep it secret. all by design. make them think they are part of something by making being 'comped' in some way part of the price of admission. in small towns, many of these guys band together to achieve parity of power with the local elected officials and local wealthy class. these groups also steer the direction of the community it is their right to form. if they don't want niggers in their town, they find ways to make that happen…many times covertly, quietly, and non-violently. like everything else, there is a line that should not be crossed. those who cross the line represent the bad part of 'secret societies' but at a small town level, it doesn't mean they are involved with or even know anything about global child trafficking, drug and gun running.
nazis learned how to clone.
i was raised in a small town in the south. never more than 7000 people. when you came into town, there was that big sign that had Masonic Lodge, Lion's Club, Shriner's Temple, Rotary Club…you know the one. There was a church and a pharmacy on every corner and everyone in town went to church twice a week. i hated it there. was like living an a fishbowl…a false matrix. no one dared go to the grocery or local department store without being properly dressed and groomed and god forbid you didn't speak to people while you were out or you would be branded through the gossip machine….for nothing. these groups would form opinions about you based on this gossip and if the opportunity arose to have a say in your destiny, they would act accordingly based on what they know about you. "hey rodger, jim is up for that supervisor job at my plant. what do you know about him? got out as soon as i could and never went back because people who knew nothing about others but gossip were picking losers and winners. it was fascist, in my opinion.
Gordon?