Joining Freemasonry is like when Nancy Pelosi said we needed to pass Obamacare to see what's in it. You are duped from the beginning & if you deny Jesus Christ, you do not ascend past the Blue Lodge.
Of course not all or "evil", but they do belong to a corrupt society of men, who at the top, hold completely separate & esoteric beliefs. Like all gangs, they have the higher ups who make the moves and lowly street thugs who are expendable.
The creation of the USA by the Freemasons was for a much deeper reason than just creating a free nation. They knew common man would give up the freedoms the Constitution allowed & they would be there to "pick up the pieces."
What keeps them there is the belief that one day they will reach godhood.
You can quote Luciferian doctrine by Albert Pike all day, which most Masons deny or say his words hold no bearing on today's lodge. Yet they have monuments & statues built in his honor all over the country. Just look at Little Rock & D.C