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Idk but as one there is no way a bunch slightly racist old white Christian men can organize anything beyond the local and maybe state level.
Masonry is really cool and used to be highly influential for all levels of society but it’s not that anymore. It’s really sad. My grandparents generations were joiners. After the war everyone joined a society. My parents joined some. But nowadays that’s very rare. Everyone in my lodge was 50-80.
I think the propaganda comes from a similar place of earlier Jesuit propaganda. A bunch of men meeting in secret, seeking education away from church and state, highly involved in the community. Now it’s just having meals, meetings, and planning which charity event to do.
The sub-60 crowd is much more interested in digging into the symbolism of the work. I think pushing for more education is the key to revitalization. What's the point of purging to go over budget readings?
Agreed! That was my interest and they just were pushing to end the meeting. Boring!
Seems like the older crowd is 90% there for the socializing. I think as the 30-50 crowd climbs the steps we'll see the philosophical side shift into focus. I have an optimistic outlook on the next few decades.