You are right but where the people ready to absorb those ideas without an external coordination? We are the first generations to understand freedom. Before it was monarchy. People were doing what told. Except the very fine people on the top.
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Well, we have to assume that most people are backward, even if it sounds harsh, but it's not the same to be governed by Marcus Aurelius as it is to be governed by Joe Biden.
By this I mean that we must try to promote ideas that lead us to excellence and not to decline. The more widespread these ideas are, the more likely they are to be applied, regardless of the form of social organization that exists at the time.