A hundred times. Millions of people have suffered from that conceit. A final thought when we return. Intuition would suggest that countries with the most government planning, places where you're taken care of, would be the best places to live. But in fact the opposite is true, countries with the most planning are the most poor.
Several organizations rank countries by economic freedom.
At one end are places with lots of government planning. Invariably, these are the worst places to live. The best places to live are places with the fewest rules. Freedom isn't everything. Religion, geography, even luck can make a difference.