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Why is Enlightenment philosophy a dangerous myth?

Because, just like communism, it is based on a mistaken view of human nature, which has been invalidated by modern science.

The myth of Enlightenment philosophy can be summarized as the belief that:  
1. if humans are given a good education  
2. if society is given the ability to freely debate issues,  
then it will find, adopt, and implement satisfactory solutions.

Go deeper

Refer to the questions 'What is a human being?' and then 'What if we practiced direct democracy?'

Read chapter 7 'Going beyond the Enlightenment philosophical view' of the book From Capital to Reason (which is probably only comprehensible after reading the entire first part of the book).

Get familiar in advance with the theory of cognitive miserliness:

↣ Wikipedia article - Cognitive Avare Theory