That's not how historians approach counterfactuals. Also, viewing all ancient societies as rigid autocracies is, well, pretty wrong.
This is a weird convo.This is about opportunity.Take (just)the question of geniuses for example.If we imagine that a certain % of people will be born with this level intellect then societies with very limited opportunity/social mobility waste a larger number of theirs than we do
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If geniuses have a way to get an education and rise to positions of influence then the society benefits more than if they end up trapped on a farm because they happen to be a serf.
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