[bluecollarman]

The Quote from mineral man was this:

"It's simple. Authoritarian leadership is useless where innovation and creativity are required."

That statement is false, and yes, Di Vinci would apply.

The issue at hand is whether the leadership prohibited, or was usless in producing creativity.

By you own arguments you have affirmed that the institution of the chuch and its leadership resulted in the work product achieved.

So they were not usless. The statement is false.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

DaVinci would have been DaVinci in any age. Luckily, he escaped persecution, and overcame notions of the ludditism favored by the PTB of the Church and State.