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That's only because the power of technology wasn't realized until the industry was way under development. Roughly speaking, you can always tax everyone 10%, and have 10% of the population do science.
You're assuming that 90% of the population can spare 10%. If things were to revert to subsistence-level farming that might not be possible.
It's always possible to spare if not 10% then 5% or 2%, still enough to sustain a considerable number of people. I don't see what is the point of your argument.