Manly P hall a 33rd degree freemason said that freemasonry was a secret society within a secret society. There is a red and blue side. Depending on how you answer certain questions depends which section you end up. Freemasons understand the duel nature of men represented by the black and white square pattern. I believe there are both great freemasons and sinister ones however they must protect and advance each other at all costs. They are only one of the main occult societies that control this world, with 33 degrees releasing more information as you progress. https://occult-world.com/secret-societies/ This has more information on other occult societies. Look at the bilderberg group especially. There are many occult societies that move pieces on the chess board. Politics is a show designed to create the illusion of freedom of choice. The common goal of these societies seems to be the enslavement and control of mankind as they think they know whats best because of the access to ancient and secret knowledge. Albert Pike was also a freemason and used the template to create the KKK. https://safenetforum.org/t/albert-pikes-three-world-war-letter-1871/22051 This is albert pikes 3 world wars letter. 3 is a significant number to occultists and numerology in general. One belief is that freemasons were originally the nights templar, they found the skull of John the Baptist and through it started to worship Baphomet which gave them knowledge and riches. The fact that it withholds and controls the nature of reality makes it negative at it's very core in my opinion.