What was the education level of most people in the greatest period of human history?
The vast majority of people in the greatest period of human history were totally illiterate and incapable of decision making. Not very many were educated enough to be an entrepreneur or to carry on a profession or business sufficient to make a good living.
Les teaches that when analyzing the greatest period of human history, the percentage of people educated enough to be an entrepreneur or carry on a profession or business and make a good living was not very many. The vast majority were totally illiterate and totally incapable of decision making. He points to Russia after 70 years of Communism as an example. Under such circumstances, a benevolent master was the best thing those people could have. He also notes that during slavery in the South, there were masters like that, and those slaves loved them, having it better than they could have hoped on their own.