LOL! Yes, but with one slight augmentation: Members learn more about "Organizational Freemasonry", and are asked to 1) remain Moral, 2) remain silent about what goes on at that level and 3) support the level they are currently and all the previous levels.
I saw this Organizational Freemasonry first-hand last week:
1) My lodge traveled to another lodge (after a short open/close) for a visitation. This was my first time visiting another lodge, and I was stoked. We showed up with around 14 guys, and even though they had known for several months that we would be visiting on this date, they still had to make phone calls to get enough of their own members to come and fill chairs. A lot of those guys were sporting Scottish Rite rings and pins.
2) My father-in-law invited me to High Twelve last Friday. I saw a few familiar faces, but several new. This group supports two local lodges for the most part, and there was probably about 20 men present. Some of these guys were members of my own lodge, but I'd never seen them before.
3) The big talk last week that I overheard was the official closing of my county's Shriners group. I guess you need a certain amount of people present to even shut the thing down, and they were having problems even getting that part done. It's kind of sad, considering these guys have a van and transport several children in the area to Shriners hospitals...but now that's being shut down also due to lack of drivers.
Thanks for opening my eyes to this...guess I'd never really saw it that way. But now that I think about it, most of the older Masons that I know have done it all, so to speak. York Rite, Scottish Rite, Shriners, High Twelve, etc. My father-in-law held offices in all of those. I've had a few guys ask me about joining one thing or the other, but I haven't felt pressured by it.