I find it quite personally impactful that I've never had to bend the knee to a king. Without the ability of certain historical figures to keep secrets from their king, I think things would be quite different in that regard.
If most people can reason about the current historical moment as it relates to policy decisions, well I guess that's an equally dangerous sort of problem.
> If most people can reason about the current historical moment as it relates to policy decisions, well I guess that's an equally dangerous sort of problem.
Firstly I am not sure what "current historical moment" means.
Generally most people don't have the will, knowledge or knowhow to understand political policy. Political policy seems to be constantly at odds with reality (if you listen to Dominic Cummings Q/A and/or Interviews he spells out how dysfunctional it is).
Even if that is the case more often than not now the power structures in the Western World are setup in a particular way where it is opaque, protects itself and does not serve the people that it is suppose to govern.
