4. Freemasons

What Is It:
The Freemasons date all the way back to 1390, with roots in medieval stonemason’s guilds. And multiple Founding Fathers were members, with George Washington swearing his oath of office on the Bible of the St. John’s Masonic Lodge No. 1 of New York.

Famous Freemasons:

George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
J. Edgar Hoover

Why You Should Join:
Over one third of US Presidents have been Masons, so that gives you pretty good odds for becoming powerful. But do the Masons control the world? Mason historian Robert Cooper says, “If we’re a secret society, how do you know about us?” Unless that’s what they want us to think…