Third generation mason here.
It's pretty much a running gag about masons ruling the world, especially amongs the younger members.
One time during a dinner me and some other members got really drunk and read conspiracy theories on line for laughs.
I think the next part started out with one member saying something like
> "Oh no, they know! Call Obama!"
Then another memeber whips out his phone and calls a head of state in a completely different time zone on the speakers! (can't tell you which head of state).
> "Hey X! They know! They know masons rule the world!"
HoS groaned as the caller kept reading hillarious claims from the conspiracy sites until HoS loudly told him to "Fuck off! I have to sleep you bastards!"
We got a good laugh out of that.
I still can't hold my laughter whenever I see HoS on TV from time to time, knowing that he actually called us bastards.
Masonry can be fun sometimes.