The ignorant are brave because they have nothing to fear since they know nothing.
It’s like a poor, unfortunate high school student thinking military training is no big deal.
Of course, once they actually enlist and undergo training, they’d rather die, but when they don’t know, they’re fearless.
"Did you say the working hours of the workers and serfs in Nance Baron’s domain have been drastically increased?"
"Yes, my lord. The workers now work nearly 90 hours a week, and the serfs work close to 80 hours a week."
"This is a damn disaster."
Even in the Toscana Empire, where the system of corvée labor is being implemented, there’s a trend of increasing the working hours of serfs.