First time caller; long time listener. I just want to say that I fundamentally disagree with the idea of a benevolent dictator, whether it be a queen, pharaoh, pope, CEO, emperor, shah, chairman, shogun, tsar, lord, or otherwise.
The bottom line is, if you, as a business owner, can't provide tangible opportunity for every employee to escape working for another person, you're not tangibly different from a slave owner.
You have many good takes, but this isn't it.