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Left wing analysis of Freemasons/secret societies? (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 years ago by toledosequel@hexbear.net to c/history@hexbear.net

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I'm reading Hobsbawm and these guys randomly appear all the time but he never bothers to explain who they are and what they want

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[–] doody@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

My dad was a mason and from close exposure to it it's basically just a drinking club that does community service type things occasionally. Maybe 250 years ago they were some elite powerful network but nowadays it's grill city.

He certainly wasn't rich either, I think the wealth demographics are dependent on the area