Hey @deliberator great post thank you for sharing .. I think there is certainly both good and bad within the Mason's (as with all organisations) on the light side there are many unsung charitable events and donations. Equally on the flip side there are hidden societies within the Mason umbrella (not officially) that use the power structure to suit their own agenda.
I don't think the Masons as a collective are trying to take over the world, but equally there are (I believe) within the structure dark elements with ties to other secret societies and as such use it to network and pick out personality types and people in positions of power.
I agree, & everyone that goes to bilderberg meeting or davos are not bad people, though I would say a lot of them are control freaks, the same goes for masons, and many institutions, the problem lies more with the order followers for me, without them, there is no power for the 0.01% :-)
And thank you for the compliment.
Yes if every organisation or meeting were filled with evil people then it wouldn't take very long to be found out. With Bilderberg it's the smaller, more select spin off meetings that are where the biggest decisions are made. It's easy to hide a rotten apple in a basket of fresh fruit.