Freemasons

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I have two questions:

  1. Do they teach history of freemasonry in schools (for grades/years 6-9)?

Why did all the smart people like Mozart, George Washington, Benjamin Frankalin, Rudyard Kipling, Mark Twain and other influential figures in history joined freemasonry?

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1) Not here. Grade 6-9 they're still teaching how to remain a dumb child.

2) because they was influential !

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LOL....I think they don't teach this part of history in UK or USA either.

or could it be that those who weren't influential, they became after joining freemasonry?

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True said but talent must of been there to be noticed.

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I've heard there is something called "freemasonic education", I can't get enough info on this but to me it sounds like "elite education". I'd like to know about this more.

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Wait for our resident freemason to enlighten us.

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^who’s that? :hehe:

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Still people prefer to wear `Forget -me-not' badge. :D

Any opposition to this?

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he’ll post unless he wants to keep it ‘hidden’

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Because they were invited to join.

Just like people go around talent spotting ... masons go around looking for people who have an emotional and devotional effect on people. If you can steer the trend setters of society then you can steer society.

Yes, they were influential beforehand but after joining they were given a podium/platform to be even moreso.

The answer to the first question is answered by John Taylor Gatto ... he says the framework of the Hindu class system was used and adopted for education, in basic terms 'knowledge is power' so you distribute your power according to the pyramid model and hence the majority of school children will learn about the successes of particular people 'who were masons', but not be told that they were 'masons'.

Elites however are likely to get that information and more.

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so putting aside the usual thing of antithis or evilthat associated with masons and since this is in history psyah has it right.

masons are or were very good at identifying and nurturing people that they see having talent, influence, charisma, intelligence, skill..basically anything that would make the group better, and anyone who could be someone later and help the group and its members, and image and influence etc. its like talent scouts for premier league teams looking at kids as young as 11 to look for future talent. or highschool and college coaches in the US for basketball. masons influence and membership has been on the decline for decades though with serious concerns about viability of lodges due to declining numbers.

This is not limited to masons, if you look at groups like american legion, or elks they have had similar impact and face similar challenges now.

if we take a step down, if you look at collegiate fraternities and sororities, what you will find is that while the fraternity and sorority members represent a small percentage of university students, as you see political, and industry leaders, a much higher ratio were part of a fraternity and sorority. various reasons, one is that the members in general are picked based on something they bring to the table they are above average in some respect to begin with, secondly the experience generates people with better leadership and communication and social skills, and lastly there is the networking aspect of it that helps in future anyways.

so its less of some sort of secret education that makes people above avg, its getting people with potential, nurturing them and supporting them.

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^Thanks, this makes sense, though I need to do some more research on this, then I'll come back with what I'm looking for to discuss it further.