The days of blaming secret societies for human conflict and evil seems to have been replaced with new types of shadowy cabals. The illuminati has become the deep state and global government is discussed not in the shadows but on network television. Freemasonry has seen a drastic decline in its membership recently, suggesting that fraternal organizations are being replaced by other similar social orders, some even digital. Despite this, secret societies like the freemasons, although not evil, have influenced for better or worse human affairs for thousands of years, and will continue to do so into the future.