Quote Originally Posted by Brenus View Post
“Yes, because for 2000+ years the world really progressed well under hereditary dictatorship er Royalty and a cabal of the misinformed er Religion leadership.”
"One would think that minimising the stranglehold anyone individual or group has on the rest of society would be a good thing."
Well, agree as most of the time it was against the will and desire of these "elites", the ones who knew better what was good.
The Magna Carta was imposed to John Lack lands for having been defeated by the French, and Louis XVI was against the Revolution. And History of Religions shows you how much the road to Knowledge, Freedom and Enlightenment was welcome by all religions…
Conveniently ignores the fact that you can only type that because religious houses preserved writing and knowledge.