Yeah like, I think people need to remember it a) was a different time and b) men's societies saved a hell of a lot of lives post-war. They do to this day. Yeah, they were a little silly and the wives were like "Ugh... how lame", but that was the point. It was a bit of R&R and healing for a lot of men. Camaraderie, fellowship, a place where they could "belong" and let their hair down for a bit, away from a tough society that wanted them to forget about what they'd experienced.

People forget that "clubhouses" and all that were things that these men grew up doing - it's an extension of that. A primitive therapy.

Yes, secret "societies" exist with nefarious purposes, but not on the scale and scope people keep trying to push.