Also gotta figure… Freemasonry was infiltrated by nobility and celebrity a long time ago.
Architects were the people of importance.
It's the same with the ShipWrights.
What do you call a building on the water?
A ship.
But, the Masons were seduced by prestige and shiny things.
So now they're a social club on the surface, until you do and say the right things in front of the right people to be brought further in.
Think of everyone else padding and all they know about freemasonry is that they can barely even put a bar-b-q together… let alone run the world.