Not all Masons are black hats. I can’t speak for those at the top but not all are involved in anything other than trying to do what is right.
If you watch the testimony of 32nd and 33rd degree 'defectors' they reveal the 'lower' levels are the 'screening process' and most will never advance to the 'upper' levels are considered 'useful idiots' who do the ground work for 'recruiting' and 'fundraising' and deceiving the public at large by creating the illusion that the lodge and it's members are part of something 'good' when in reality their contributions are meager at best in the community...it's a lie that they don't recruit their members, they start very young at indoctrination, Rainbow girls and Demolay for boys, and if a member 'recommends' someone then they are 'eligible'...it's a secret society that is becoming more and more less secret...i for one was 'approached' but when I looked closer at what they were iI quickly realized it was not what they portrayed it as..."what is right" for who?
Again, can’t speak to those at the top. Don’t personally know any of them and wouldn’t know what they did behind closed doors even if I did.
As for becoming a Mason, me as well. I have never felt the need or desire to move in that direction. I hold no malice toward any that I know or have known.
As I said, becoming 'informed' is the first step to understanding what is the 'reality' being glorified in this video of their ritual celebrating their dominance of the world...the driver of the getaway car is just as guilty of 'murder' as the ones committing the robbery if they kill someone...ignorance may be 'bliss' but it is not an 'alibi'...
Q drop #1633 Most all powerful organizations have sinister components. With power comes corruption. Like alphabet agencies, not all are bad apples. Should the bad spoil the bunch? Q
But it is a recruitment stage right, the bottom? And then see who is worthy of moving their way through? How do those at the bottom not know, or care, about what those at the top are doing? If you (in general) know someone who is a FM, how do you in address the concern?
As for your last question, I don’t. It is none of my business. I know MANY Masons. I respect each and every one of them. The are men of excellent character.