Shriners and the 33°, beyond hospitals and good works?
I’m not a Shriner so I don’t have any knowledge on this besides what everyone knows.
Masons run the gamut of the political spectrum, but those with notable power seem really anticomunist. Truman, for example.
agree
yeah
I have working class guys in my lodge, taxi drivers and construction workers
Broadly right lol
A fraternal society that played a part in the enlightenment era and elitism before the 21 century, but has since gone downhill and only exists as a gathering for elderly people.
Historically, Freemasons played a role in both right-wing and left-wing movements, depending on the time and place. In the Paris Commune, 25 of the 79 elected Commune members were masons. We have some lads in their 30s, but it’s definitely an old group on average. And time-in-the-order correlates with seniority so old ones often feel respected and that’s nice to have when you are old.
A rogue Masonic church was part of the Italian Gladio and was called Propaganda Due or P2.
I believe P2 was a regular lodge not rogue.
I am a Freemason. AMA
We have regular monthly meetings plus sometimes ‘emergency meetings’ (it just means outside of the normal monthly schedule).
What we do mostly at the meetings is initiate candidates in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd degree. Then there’s also barbeques and social gatherings. Then all of this must be planned, which means administrative work must be done, meetings to make sure everything runs smoothly. If takes 7 officers to conduct a degree ceremony, and they all must know their lines, so there’s a bit of planning required.
We interview people who’ve applied to join the order to make sure they’re suitable.
Sortof wrong. It’s a relic of the past, and the order maintains traditions. In practice nobody cares about your religion in the modern world, including in Freemasonry. I said, “We interview people who’ve applied to join the order to make sure they’re suitable” and when we’re doing that we are obliged by the rules to say, “Do you believe in god yes or no” but the scrutineers say it with a bored look like something they have to say.