They knew more than the average man today, with all our resources and free information available with ease.

They studied ancient civilizations to a depth we don't see outside of some home schools and great colleges. They knew more about tyrants and royalty, philosophers and foundational thinking than collegiate a and professors today! Moral relativism (sophistry) is NOT new, sadly not are sexual deviants (dionysians, and imagine them with power over slaves, even children), heathens and atheists and their arguments against God or all religion in favor of an all-powerful state are also not new.

We on the most part have been very successful and very sheltered from the worst evils, whose followers took advantage of our ignorance and lack of vigilance and grew their underground empire beneath our complacent feet. Now we must be ready to clean house, paying our prosperity and peace back, and then strengthen our foundation and our children to pay it forward as well.