I think they do have secret meetings. I think they take secret oaths. And I do think their leader is, ultimately, Satan.
I grant that some of their minions do not fully grasp the nature of the beast. The little people seek career advancement and carry out tasks because someone important sagely suggests that it’s a good career move. To that extent, it is an organism acting without complete deliberateness or real awareness.
But this is not a self-organizing system. This is deliberate. And it’s old.
> And I do think their leader is, ultimately, Satan.
As the very last person on Earth ever to buy into any form of mysticism, let me say that I agree with you. They are literally, knowingly, and intentionally worshippers of Satan, act in total accordance with that belief structure, and display enough symbols of the cult to confirm to a reasonable third party that it is all quite conscious, deliberate, and non-coincidental.