Class theory of Marxist philosophy and economics

Citizenship

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Caste

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Division of labour

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Karl Marx

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Knight

Knight

Leon Trotsky

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Marxist film theory

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Nikolai Bukharin

Nikolai Bukharin

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Social class

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State capitalism

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The Communist Manifesto

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Theodor W. Adorno

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White trash

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Order of Assassins

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Friedrich Engels

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Jus soli

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Antonio Gramsci

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Lord

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Louis Althusser

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Maxim Gorky

Maxim Gorky

Creative destruction

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Class discrimination

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Serfdom

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James Connolly

James Connolly

Rosa Luxemburg

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Marx's theory of alienation

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Kshatriya

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Patrician (ancient Rome)

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Outlaw

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New class

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Alexandra Kollontai

Alexandra Kollontai

Opium of the people

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Council communism

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Commodity fetishism

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Old money

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Eurasia Party

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August Bebel

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Bohemianism

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American Dream

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Estates of the realm

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Communist Party of India (Marxist)

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Communist Party of India

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All India Forward Bloc

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Karl Korsch

Paul Sweezy

Paul Sweezy

Jaguar warrior

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Yangban

Yangban

Reading Capital

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Homelessness in the United States

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Snob

Snob

Right Opposition

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Exchange value

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Untouchability

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Three-component theory of stratification

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Raya Dunayevskaya

Raya Dunayevskaya

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Jyoti Basu

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M. N. Roy

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Clara Zetkin

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Harii

José Carlos Mariátegui

José Carlos Mariátegui

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Chhetri

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Maximilien Rubel

Maximilien Rubel

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Harry Haywood

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Differential and absolute ground rent

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List of ethnic slurs

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Rogerian argument

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Green-collar worker

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Designation of workers by collar color

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Domenico Losurdo

Domenico Losurdo

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Paolo Virno

Poverty in the United States

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Born in the purple

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Ideology of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

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Professor

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Social class in Sri Lanka

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Gentry

Gentry

Social structure of Romania

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Marx's theory of the state

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List of communist ideologies

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Working class in the United States

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Neue Marx-Lektüre

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God-Building

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Free association of producers

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Ant tribe

Ant tribe

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Social class in Aztec society

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Farhad Mazhar

Farhad Mazhar

Soviet working class

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Paul Cockshott

Paul Cockshott

American gentry

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Classicide

Classicide

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Why Marx Was Right

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Communist society

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Withering away of the state

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De Leonism

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Critique of the Gotha Programme

Rudolf Hilferding

Rudolf Hilferding

Immiseration thesis

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Eric Hobsbawm

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Class consciousness

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Georgi Plekhanov

Georgi Plekhanov

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Working class

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Constant capital

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Base and superstructure

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Workers' council

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Socially necessary labour time

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Surplus value

Surplus value

Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844

Instrumental Marxism

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The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte

The Part Played by Labour in the Transition from Ape to Man

Marxist historiography

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Ernest Mandel

Ernest Mandel

Socialist mode of production

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Nkrumaism

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Class conflict

Class conflict

Marx-Engels-Gesamtausgabe

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Seigneur

Seigneur

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The Fourth Political Theory

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György Lukács

Workers of the world, unite!

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Proletariat

Proletariat

False consciousness

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Value, Price and Profit

Value, Price and Profit

The Principles of Communism

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Karl Kautsky

Karl Kautsky

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Grundrisse

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Anti-Dühring

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To each according to his contribution

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Dialectics of Nature

Dialectics of Nature

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Rat tribe

Rat tribe

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Madilog

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Historical materialism

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Socioeconomic mobility in the United Kingdom

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Mexican-American middle class

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The Class Struggles in France, 1848–1850

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Burgher (social class)

New-collar worker

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Louis Janover

Louis Janover

Shiv Verma

Shiv Verma

Anarchy of production

Anarchy of production

French peasants

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Class: A Guide Through the American Status System

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Criticism of value-form theory

Lebanese nobility

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Communist involvement in the Indian independence movement

Bloodline theory

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Democratic road to socialism

Democratic road to socialism

Address of the International Working Men's Association to Abraham Lincoln

Salvation Force

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Class structure of capitalism

In Marxist theory, the capitalist stage of production consists of two main classes: the bourgeoisie, the capitalists who own the means of production, and the much larger proletariat (or 'working class') who must sell their own labour power (See also: wage labour). This is the fundamental economic structure of work and property (See also: wage labour), a state of inequality that is normalised and reproduced through cultural ideology. Thus the proletariat, in itself, is forced into a subservient position by the power of capital, which has stripped the means of production from them. As the proletariat becomes conscious of its situation and power, organizes itself, and takes collective political action it becomes a class for itself which has the revolutionary potential to become the ruling class.

Max Weber critiqued historical materialism, positing that stratification is not based purely on economic inequalities but on other status and power differentials. Social class pertaining broadly to material wealth may be distinguished from status class based on honour, prestige, religious affiliation, and so on. The conditions of capitalism and its class system came together due to a variety of "elective affinities".

Marxists explain the history of "civilized" societies in terms of a war of classes between those who control production and those who produce the goods or services in society. In the Marxist view of capitalism, this is a conflict between capitalists (bourgeoisie) and wage-workers (the proletariat). For Marxists, class antagonism is rooted in the situation that control over social production necessarily entails control over the class which produces goods—in capitalism this is the exploitation of workers by the bourgeoisie.

Marx himself argued that it was the goal of the proletariat itself to displace the capitalist system with socialism, changing the social relationships underpinning the class system and then developing into a future communist society in which: "..the free development of each is the condition for the free development of all." (Communist Manifesto) This would mark the beginning of a classless society in which human needs rather than profit would be motive for production. In a society with democratic control and production for use, there would be no class, no state and no need for money.

For Marx, class has three primary facts:
 * Objective factors: A class shares a common relationship to the means of production. That is, all people in one class make their living in a common way in terms of ownership of the things that produce social goods.  A class may own things, own land, own people, be owned, own nothing but their labor.  A class will extract tax, produce agriculture, enslave and work others, be enslaved and work, or work for a wage.
 * Subjective factors: The members will necessarily have some perception of their similarity and common interest. Marx termed this Class consciousness. Class consciousness is not simply an awareness of one's own class interest (for instance, the maximisation of shareholder value; or, the maximization of the wage with the minimization of the working day), class consciousness also embodies deeply shared views of how society should be organized legally, culturally, socially and politically.
 * Reproduction of class relations: Class as a set of social relationships that is reproduced from one generation to the next.

The first criterion divides a society into the owners and non-owners of means of production. In capitalism, these are capitalist (bourgeoisie) and proletariat. Finer divisions can be made, however: the most important subgroup in capitalism being petite bourgeoisie (small bourgeoisie), people who possess their own means of production but utilize it primarily by working on it themselves rather than hiring others to work on it. They include self-employed artisans, small shopkeepers, and many professionals. Jon Elster has found mention in Marx of 15 classes from various historical periods.

Vladimir Lenin has defined classes as "large groups of people differing from each other by the place they occupy in a historically determined system of social production, by their relation (in most cases fixed and formulated in law) to the means of production, by their role in the social organization of labor, and, consequently, by the dimensions of the share of social wealth of which they dispose and the mode of acquiring it."

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Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm

Death of Subhas Chandra Bose

Death of Subhas Chandra Bose

Grand Orient of Italy

Grand Orient of Italy

Nazi UFOs

Nazi UFOs

Lost Cosmonauts

Lost Cosmonauts

Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

Freemasonry in Asia

Freemasonry in Asia

Grand Lodge of Texas

Grand Lodge of Texas

Order of Saint Thomas of Acon

Order of Saint Thomas of Acon

Les Neuf Sœurs

Les Neuf Sœurs

Overton Lodge

Overton Lodge

Grand Lodge of Newfoundland and Labrador

Norwegian Order of Freemasons

Norwegian Order of Freemasons

Grand Lodge of Idaho

Grand Lodge of Idaho

Grand Lodge of Connecticut

Grand Lodge of Connecticut

Grand Orient of Portugal

Grand Orient of Portugal

Liberté chérie

Liberté chérie

Masonic Landmarks

Masonic Landmarks

Tax protester conspiracy arguments

Tax protester conspiracy arguments

Knight Kadosh

Knight Kadosh

Grand Loge des Philadelphes

Grand Loge des Philadelphes

Freemasonry and women

Freemasonry and women

Detroit Masonic Temple

Detroit Masonic Temple

James Shelby Downard

James Shelby Downard

Andinia Plan

Andinia Plan

Black helicopter

Black helicopter

Berne Trial

Berne Trial

World Trade Center controlled demolition conspiracy theories

Finland Plot

Finland Plot

Ye Antient Order of Noble Corks

Ye Antient Order of Noble Corks

1986 Mozambican Tupolev Tu-134 crash

1986 Mozambican Tupolev Tu-134 crash

South Australian Lodge of Friendship

South Australian Lodge of Friendship

Illuminati

Illuminati

David Icke

David Icke

Grand Master (Freemasonry)

Grand Master (Freemasonry)

A.J.E.F.

A.J.E.F.

Masonic lodge officer

Masonic lodge officer

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Widerøe Flight 933

Widerøe Flight 933

Edward and Elaine Brown

Edward and Elaine Brown

Quatuor Coronati Lodge

Quatuor Coronati Lodge

Jimmy Carter UFO incident

Jimmy Carter UFO incident

Emulation Lodge of Improvement

Emulation Lodge of Improvement

Order of Women Freemasons

Order of Women Freemasons

Pope John Paul I conspiracy theories

Pope John Paul I conspiracy theories

Suicide of Kurt Cobain

Suicide of Kurt Cobain

Masonic manuscripts

Masonic manuscripts

Controversies about the 2004 Madrid train bombings

Square and Compasses

Square and Compasses

Grand Orient of Belgium

Grand Orient of Belgium

Grand Orient of the Netherlands

Grand Orient of the Netherlands

International Secretariat of the Masonic Adogmatic Powers

Grand Lodge of Italy

Grand Lodge of Italy

Freemasonry in Denmark

Freemasonry in Denmark

Freemasonry in Venezuela

Freemasonry in Venezuela

International Masonic Union Catena

International Masonic Union Catena

Ahiman Rezon

Ahiman Rezon

Antient Grand Lodge of England

Antient Grand Lodge of England

Premier Grand Lodge of England

Premier Grand Lodge of England

Masonic Child Identification Programs

Masonic Child Identification Programs

List of Masonic buildings

List of Masonic buildings

Grand Lodge of Colombia

Grand Lodge of Colombia

Order of Quetzalcoatl

Order of Quetzalcoatl

William Schaw

William Schaw

List of Warrior Nun Areala characters

List of Warrior Nun Areala characters

Nepalese royal massacre

Nepalese royal massacre

History of Masonic Grand Lodges in North America

Suicide of Vince Foster

Suicide of Vince Foster

Climate change denial

Climate change denial

Judeo-Masonic conspiracy theory

Judeo-Masonic conspiracy theory

Rob Morris (Freemason)

Rob Morris (Freemason)

Provincial Grand Master

Provincial Grand Master

MMR vaccine and autism

MMR vaccine and autism

TWA Flight 800 conspiracy theories

TWA Flight 800 conspiracy theories

Die Glocke (conspiracy theory)

Die Glocke (conspiracy theory)

Grand Lodge of Kansas

Grand Lodge of Kansas

Grand Lodge of New York

Grand Lodge of New York

Rectified Scottish Rite

Rectified Scottish Rite

Holy Royal Arch

Holy Royal Arch

Tracing board

Tracing board

Continental Freemasonry

Continental Freemasonry

Phoenix Lodge

Phoenix Lodge

Grand Lodge of Alabama

Grand Lodge of Alabama

Mass psychogenic illness

Mass psychogenic illness

List of Masonic Grand Lodges

List of Masonic Grand Lodges

North American Union

North American Union

Grande Oriente Español

Grande Oriente Español

Rite of Strict Observance

Rite of Strict Observance

Affair of the Cards

Affair of the Cards

Judeopolonia

Judeopolonia

Holodomor denial

Holodomor denial

Assassination of Benazir Bhutto

Assassination of Benazir Bhutto

French Rite

French Rite

September 11 attacks advance-knowledge conspiracy theories

Allied Masonic Degrees

Allied Masonic Degrees

Grand Lodge of Nebraska

Grand Lodge of Nebraska

Clinton body count conspiracy theory

Clinton body count conspiracy theory

Freemasonry in France

Freemasonry in France

List of African-American fraternities

List of African-American fraternities

Freemasonry in Romania

Freemasonry in Romania

Royal Order of Jesters

Royal Order of Jesters

Death of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq

Death of Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq

L'Obstinée

L'Obstinée

Conspiracy theories about the death of Diana, Princess of Wales

Dulles' Plan

Dulles' Plan

Research lodge

Research lodge

Conspiracy theories about the Iranian Revolution

Jesuit conspiracy theories

Jesuit conspiracy theories

Supreme Council, Scottish Rite (Southern Jurisdiction, USA)

Grande Loge de France

Grande Loge de France

Perry Belmont House

Perry Belmont House

Jabidah massacre

Jabidah massacre

Redemption movement

Redemption movement

Elvis sightings

Elvis sightings

Grand Lodge of West Virginia

Grand Lodge of West Virginia

Grand Lodge of Kentucky

Grand Lodge of Kentucky

Grand Lodge of Indiana

Grand Lodge of Indiana

Royal Arch Masonry

Royal Arch Masonry

Alien abduction claimants

Alien abduction claimants

Masonic ritual and symbolism

Masonic ritual and symbolism

Alien abduction entities

Alien abduction entities

Grand Lodge Alpina of Switzerland

Grand Lodge Alpina of Switzerland

Freemasonry in Belgium

Freemasonry in Belgium

Continental Freemasonry in North America

Volume of Sacred Law

Volume of Sacred Law

The Protocols of the Elders of Zion

The Protocols of the Elders of Zion

History of Freemasonry in Belgium

History of Freemasonry in Belgium

Women's Grand Lodge Of France

Women's Grand Lodge Of France

Thomas Smith Webb

Thomas Smith Webb

Grand Lodge of Virginia

Grand Lodge of Virginia

Mixed Grand Lodge of France

Mixed Grand Lodge of France

Universal Mixed Grand Lodge

Universal Mixed Grand Lodge

St. John's Lodge (Portsmouth, New Hampshire)

Jerzy Robert Nowak

Jerzy Robert Nowak

St. John's Lodge (New York City)

St. John's Lodge (New York City)

Vietnam War POW/MIA issue

Vietnam War POW/MIA issue

Barack Obama citizenship conspiracy theories

2012 phenomenon

2012 phenomenon

Grand Lodge of the Philippines

Grand Lodge of the Philippines

Oklahoma City bombing conspiracy theories

Freemasonry in Portugal

Freemasonry in Portugal

Grand Orient of Poland

Grand Orient of Poland

United Grand Lodge of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory

Conspiracy Encyclopedia

Conspiracy Encyclopedia

Grand Lodge of Manitoba

Grand Lodge of Manitoba

Primitive Scottish Rite

Primitive Scottish Rite

CIA Kennedy assassination conspiracy theory

Masonic Temple (Rock Springs, Wyoming)

Masonic Temple (Rock Springs, Wyoming)

Ludwig II of Bavaria

Ludwig II of Bavaria

Freemasonry in Barbados

Freemasonry in Barbados

Michael Barkun

Michael Barkun

Robert F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories

Freemasonry in Turkey

Freemasonry in Turkey

Grand Lodge of British Freemasons in Germany

Freemasonry in Mexico

Freemasonry in Mexico

Anti-clericalism and Freemasonry

Anti-clericalism and Freemasonry

Love jihad conspiracy theory

Love jihad conspiracy theory

Barack Obama religion conspiracy theories

Spygate (conspiracy theory)

Spygate (conspiracy theory)

Masonic Temple (Lahore)

Masonic Temple (Lahore)

Electronic harassment

Electronic harassment

Reptilian conspiracy theory

Reptilian conspiracy theory

Grand Lodge of Michigan

Grand Lodge of Michigan

Grand Lodge of Ohio

Grand Lodge of Ohio

Cryptic Masonry

Cryptic Masonry

Grand Lodge of North Dakota

Grand Lodge of North Dakota

Grand Lodge of Minnesota

Grand Lodge of Minnesota

Assassination of Ninoy Aquino

Assassination of Ninoy Aquino

Lilla Saltsjöbadsavtalet

Lilla Saltsjöbadsavtalet

Masonic Temple

Masonic Temple

Korean Air Lines Flight 007 alternative theories

Operation Denver

Operation Denver

Serge Monast

Serge Monast

Red Cross of Constantine

Red Cross of Constantine

Greater Bangladesh

Greater Bangladesh

Freemasonry in Ukraine

Freemasonry in Ukraine

Areopagus Lodge

Areopagus Lodge

Danish Order of Freemasons

Danish Order of Freemasons

1951 Pont-Saint-Esprit mass poisoning

1951 Pont-Saint-Esprit mass poisoning

Israel-related animal conspiracy theories

Cairo fire

Cairo fire

The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail

The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail

Shadow government (conspiracy theory)

Shadow government (conspiracy theory)

Iowa Masonic Library and Museum

Iowa Masonic Library and Museum

Barack Obama presidential eligibility litigation

Shakespeare authorship question

Shakespeare authorship question

Freemasonry in Indonesia

Freemasonry in Indonesia

Osama bin Laden death conspiracy theories

Centre de Liaison et d'Information des Puissances maçonniques Signataires de l'Appel de Strasbourg

United Grand Lodges of Germany

United Grand Lodges of Germany

Order of Knight Masons

Order of Knight Masons

John F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories

Grand Lodge of India

Grand Lodge of India

Grand Landlodge of the Freemasons of Germany

Freemasonry in Lebanon

Freemasonry in Lebanon

Chamber of Reflection

Chamber of Reflection

Jacques Bordiot

Jacques Bordiot

Zeitgeist (film series)

Zeitgeist (film series)

Freeman on the land movement

Freeman on the land movement

Lodge of Edinburgh (Mary's Chapel) No. 1

Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Germany

Monument to the Victims of the USS Maine (Havana)

Sinking of the RMS Lusitania

Sinking of the RMS Lusitania

Religious Issue

Religious Issue

History of Freemasonry in Russia

History of Freemasonry in Russia

Dreams from My Real Father

Dreams from My Real Father

Władysław Sikorski's death controversy

Władysław Sikorski's death controversy

Freemasonry in Canada

Freemasonry in Canada

Anglo-American Freemasonry

Anglo-American Freemasonry

Grande Oriente do Brasil

Grande Oriente do Brasil

Grande Oriente Ibérico

Grande Oriente Ibérico

Grand Constitutional Lodge of Peru

Grand Constitutional Lodge of Peru

List of Masonic rites

List of Masonic rites

Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting conspiracy theories

Grand Lodge of All England

Grand Lodge of All England

2013 Lahad Datu standoff

2013 Lahad Datu standoff

First Catilinarian conspiracy

First Catilinarian conspiracy

National Grand Lodge

National Grand Lodge

List of Freemasons (E–Z)

List of Freemasons (E–Z)

List of Freemasons (A–D)

List of Freemasons (A–D)

John T. Hilton

John T. Hilton

Cambodian genocide denial

Cambodian genocide denial

Freemasonry in the Philippines

Freemasonry in the Philippines

International Temple, Supreme Assembly, Order of the Rainbow for Girls

Freemasonry in Spain

Freemasonry in Spain

Grand Lodge of Missouri

Grand Lodge of Missouri

Conspiracy theories in the Arab world

Conspiracy theories in the Arab world

Zamboanga City crisis

Zamboanga City crisis

1980 Camarate plane crash

1980 Camarate plane crash

Grand Lodge of Cyprus

Grand Lodge of Cyprus

List of presidents of the United States who were Freemasons

Francesco d'Aquino, Prince of Caramanico

Grand Lodge of New Jersey

Grand Lodge of New Jersey

Conspiracy theories about Adolf Hitler's death

Black Knight satellite conspiracy theory

HIV/AIDS denialism in South Africa

HIV/AIDS denialism in South Africa

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappearance theories

Soaked in Bleach

Soaked in Bleach

Freemasonry in Luxembourg

Freemasonry in Luxembourg

Black genocide in the United States

Black genocide in the United States

Big Pharma conspiracy theories

Big Pharma conspiracy theories

1321 lepers' plot

1321 lepers' plot

Development of Deus Ex

Development of Deus Ex

Grand National Mother Lodge, "The Three Globes"

Women's Grand Lodge of Germany

Women's Grand Lodge of Germany

Freemasonry in Germany

Freemasonry in Germany

American Canadian Grand Lodge

American Canadian Grand Lodge

Freemasonry in Italy

Freemasonry in Italy

Kosher tax conspiracy theory

Kosher tax conspiracy theory

William D. Matthews

William D. Matthews

Freemasonry in Scotland

Freemasonry in Scotland

White genocide conspiracy theory

White genocide conspiracy theory

Jade Helm 15 conspiracy theories

Jade Helm 15 conspiracy theories

Regular Grand Lodge of Macedonia

Regular Grand Lodge of Macedonia

Grand Lodge of Macedonia

Grand Lodge of Macedonia

Grand Lodge of Wisconsin

Grand Lodge of Wisconsin

Rite of Baldwyn

Rite of Baldwyn

Mark Masons' Hall, London

Mark Masons' Hall, London

Order of Royal and Select Masters

Order of Royal and Select Masters

Grand Lodge of California

Grand Lodge of California

Freemasonry in Croatia

Freemasonry in Croatia

National Mexican Rite

National Mexican Rite

FEMA camps conspiracy theory

FEMA camps conspiracy theory

Lectures of the Three Degrees in Craft Masonry

Masonic music

Masonic music

International UFO Museum and Research Center

List of monarchs who were Freemasons

List of monarchs who were Freemasons

Swedish Order of Freemasons

Swedish Order of Freemasons

Grand Lodge of Russia

Grand Lodge of Russia

California drought manipulation conspiracy theory

Charles Porset

Charles Porset

Pizzagate conspiracy theory

Pizzagate conspiracy theory

Schröder Rite

Schröder Rite

Supreme Council, Scottish Rite, Northern Jurisdiction, USA

Bosnian genocide denial

Bosnian genocide denial

Cultural Marxism conspiracy theory

Cultural Marxism conspiracy theory

Grand Lodge of New Zealand

Grand Lodge of New Zealand

Alamo Lodge No. 44

Alamo Lodge No. 44

Smooth Ashlar Grand Lodge

Smooth Ashlar Grand Lodge

Grand Orient of Russia's Peoples

Grand Orient of Russia's Peoples

Grand Lodge of Quebec

Grand Lodge of Quebec

Conspiracy theories in Turkey

Conspiracy theories in Turkey

Pseudolaw

Pseudolaw

Mason at sight

Mason at sight

Grand Lodge of New Mexico

Grand Lodge of New Mexico

Serene Grand Orient of Greece

Serene Grand Orient of Greece

African Lodge No. 459

African Lodge No. 459

Freemasonry in North Macedonia

Freemasonry in North Macedonia

Icelandic Order of Freemasons

Icelandic Order of Freemasons

Marc Bédarride

Marc Bédarride

Stéphane Blet

Stéphane Blet

Strawman theory

Strawman theory

Freemasonry in South Africa

Freemasonry in South Africa

Freemasonry in Ghana

Freemasonry in Ghana

Martin Luther King Jr. assassination conspiracy theories

Museum of Freemasonry

Museum of Freemasonry

List of Masonic abbreviations

List of Masonic abbreviations

Vaccines and autism

Vaccines and autism

Borneo Lodge of Harmony

Borneo Lodge of Harmony

Grand Lodge of Costa Rica

Grand Lodge of Costa Rica

Freemasonry in Costa Rica

Freemasonry in Costa Rica

Universal Co-Masonry

Universal Co-Masonry

Kalergi Plan

Kalergi Plan

Freemasonry in Finland

Freemasonry in Finland

Grand Lodge of Tennessee

Grand Lodge of Tennessee

Freemasonry in Suffolk

Freemasonry in Suffolk

Death of Jeffrey Epstein

Death of Jeffrey Epstein

Taylor Marshall

Taylor Marshall

Lawrence N. Greenleaf

Lawrence N. Greenleaf

Conspiracy theories related to the Trump–Ukraine scandal

Death of Chan Yin-lam

Death of Chan Yin-lam

Melania Trump replacement conspiracy theory

Voting pencil conspiracy theory

Voting pencil conspiracy theory

Jeanette Wilson

Jeanette Wilson

United Grand Lodge of Russia

United Grand Lodge of Russia

COVID-19 misinformation

COVID-19 misinformation

Jacques-Étienne Marconis de Nègre

Jacques-Étienne Marconis de Nègre

Anti-gender movement

Anti-gender movement

Conspiracy theories in United States politics

Operative Masonry

Operative Masonry

Biden–Ukraine conspiracy theory

Biden–Ukraine conspiracy theory

Vaccine misinformation

Vaccine misinformation

Jacob Chansley

Jacob Chansley

5G misinformation

5G misinformation

Avril Lavigne replacement conspiracy theory

Assassination of Vijaya Kumaratunga

Assassination of Vijaya Kumaratunga

Italygate

Italygate

COVID-19 vaccine misinformation and hesitancy

Alaska payment conspiracy

Alaska payment conspiracy

International Masonic Association

International Masonic Association

Mental illness denial

Mental illness denial

Timeline of incidents involving QAnon

Timeline of incidents involving QAnon

Palatine Lodge No. 97

Palatine Lodge No. 97

Birds Aren't Real

Birds Aren't Real

Tallano gold

Tallano gold

Ukraine bioweapons conspiracy theory

Ukraine bioweapons conspiracy theory

Great Replacement conspiracy theory in the United States

Halal conspiracy theories

Halal conspiracy theories

Grand Lodge Of Illinois

Grand Lodge Of Illinois

LGBT grooming conspiracy theory

LGBT grooming conspiracy theory

Litter boxes in schools hoax

Litter boxes in schools hoax

Grand Lodge of North Carolina

Grand Lodge of North Carolina

List of Masonic Grand Lodges Caribbean

List of Masonic Grand Lodges Caribbean

List of Masonic Grand Lodges North America

List of Masonic Grand Lodges Central and South America

List of Masonic Grand Lodges Europe

List of Masonic Grand Lodges Europe

List of Masonic Grand Lodges Australia and Oceania

List of Masonic Grand Lodges Asia

List of Masonic Grand Lodges Asia

List of Masonic Grand Lodges Africa

List of Masonic Grand Lodges Africa

List of Masonic Grand Lodges Canada

List of Masonic Grand Lodges Canada

List of Masonic Grand Lodges United States

List of Masonic Grand Lodges Mexico

List of Masonic Grand Lodges Mexico

Freemasonry in the United States

Freemasonry in the United States

Ebola misinformation

Ebola misinformation

Le Liban

Le Liban

Medbed

Medbed

Guru Jagat

Guru Jagat

Lake Michigan Triangle

Lake Michigan Triangle

Drag panic

Drag panic

Dead Internet theory

Dead Internet theory

Anti-vaccine activism

Anti-vaccine activism

Bhagwa Love Trap conspiracy theory

Bhagwa Love Trap conspiracy theory

LGBT chemicals conspiracy theory

LGBT chemicals conspiracy theory

Investigation of UFO reports by the United States government

Freemasonry in Singapore

Freemasonry in Singapore

Supreme Council of Louisiana

Supreme Council of Louisiana

Conspiracy theories about the kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro

Grand Lodge of the Czech Republic

Grand Lodge of the Czech Republic

Turbo cancer

Turbo cancer

Masonic myths

Masonic myths

Ancient Egyptian Order of Sciots

Ancient Egyptian Order of Sciots

Society of Blue Friars

Society of Blue Friars

African Architect Rite

African Architect Rite

Philosophical Scottish Rite

Philosophical Scottish Rite

Old Charges (Freemasonry)

Old Charges (Freemasonry)

Rite Primitif de Narbonne

Rite Primitif de Narbonne

Philalethes Rite

Philalethes Rite

Standard Scottish Rite

Standard Scottish Rite

Adonhiramite Rite

Adonhiramite Rite

Alleged doubles of Vladimir Putin

Alleged doubles of Vladimir Putin

List of Masonic libraries

List of Masonic libraries

Zion Lodge No. 1 F&AM

Zion Lodge No. 1 F&AM

Transvestigation

Transvestigation

Statesmen (conspiracy theory)

Statesmen (conspiracy theory)

Khamar-Daban incident

Khamar-Daban incident

Culture.Philosophy and religion
History and Society.Society

Introduction

Hundreds of conspiracy theories about Freemasonry have been described since the late 18th century. Usually, these theories fall into three distinct categories: political (usually involving allegations of control of government, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom), religious (usually involving allegations of anti-Christian or Satanic beliefs or practices), and cultural (usually involving popular entertainment). Many conspiracy theories have connected the Freemasons (and the Knights Templar) with worship of the devil; these ideas are based on different interpretations of the doctrines of those organizations.

Of the claims that Freemasonry exerts control over politics, perhaps the best-known example is the New World Order theory, but there are others. These mainly involve aspects and agencies of the United States government, but actual events outside the US (such as the Propaganda Due scandal in Italy) are often used to lend credence to claims.

Another set of theories has to do with Freemasonry and religion, particularly that Freemasonry deals with "the occult". These theories have their beginnings in the Taxil hoax. In addition to these, there are various theories that focus on the embedding of symbols in otherwise ordinary items, such as street patterns, national seals, corporate logos, etc.

There are Masonic conspiracy theories dealing with every aspect of society. The majority of these theories are based on one or more of the following assumptions:
 * That Freemasonry is its own religion, requires belief in a unique Masonic god, and that belief in this Masonic god is contrary to the teachings of various mainstream religions (although usually noted in terms of being specifically contrary to Christian belief)
 * That the 33rd degree of the Scottish Rite is more than an honorary degree, coupled with the belief that most Freemasons are unaware of hidden or secretive ruling bodies within their organization that govern them, conduct occult ritual, or control various positions of governmental power
 * That there is a centralized worldwide body that controls all Masonic Grand Lodges, and thus, all of Freemasonry worldwide acts in a unified manner

conspiracy theories

anti-Christian

Satanic

popular entertainment

Knights Templar

the devil

New World Order

United States government

Grand Lodges