It’s true that medieval people were very ignorant compared to us today. For instance, they would panic over mysterious apparitions in the sky, or believe that a strongman leader was blessed by God.
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This ignorance extended for hundreds of years. In the early modern era they believed in the legitimacy of rulers who perpetuated a flawed mercantilist worldview that imposed high tariffs, hobbling their own economy
A lot of contemporary people are just as religiously stupid as anyone from the medieval period, and many people today are guided by the market in a secularly stupid way.
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This... is like drinking something generally understood to be bad for you.
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