Whatever, as a member I just know that it isn't the basis of the fraternity. Some people need something to hate desperately, and fear things they don't understand. I joined, as a conspiracy buff, seeking these things, and instead found a bunch of people who help people in need.
Only if you find me generally untrustworthy to begin with would I be suddenly untrustworthy on this topic. I tell you what I see, what I have found, what they do. You give me, "Well, I think there's others who are even more secretive and who together work towards some nefarious means, they hide from you but work from within the fraternity for no reason other than to hide among those most suspected."
Right, but there is no logical basis for this. There would be no reason for these people to be Freemasons and use a suspected group as "cover". It would be far more logical for them to choose groups who were less suspected.
I think that they could just as easily simply form a different group without all the ceremony and suspicion. The whole Freemason thing is just an unnecessary and illogical step that puts them under an immediate suspicion.
There is no Freemason contract, only an oath.
It is what it is. A fraternity that takes forever to change even the simplest of things. Over time I believe the fraternity (some groups already do, but they are called "clandestine") will start allowing women, and will change their oaths to allow atheists. That step will be last.