The Illuminati under Adam weishauot started infiltrating it even before the American revolution was over. At the top yeah it’s corrupted. But good people still join it thinking they are keeping the republic safe from tyranny in their own way and doing good by collecting for charity. They collect a lot of money fire charity but so much of it flows into pockets. It too shall be cleaned out. But we can never forget its ideals because here we do the same thing. Anonymous in back room meetings with our own coded comms in order to fight tyranny.
Only this time it will be permanent.