Those who mock the ideas behind the enlightenment — which unleashed the rational mind, and exponentially improved the quality of life for the average person — reveal themselves to be unenlightened.https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/972153369597898753 …
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There was plenty of labor in medieval times (certainly more per capita). Not until the enlightenment created the institutions (private property, rule of law, markets) and the mores (see Deirdre McCloskey’s bourgeois virtues) did growth occur.
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