I have always thought that we must be special or maybe just lucky to have done so well building this country. Maybe our abundant resources kept us from ever really being an underdeveloped country.

Differences in talent and ability and of course, greed seem to make it almost inevitable that nearly everything comes to be owned by the few under
"democratic free enterprise" in underdeveloped nations. On the other hand, collectivism becomes cruel and oppressive after minimum needs have been met.

I keep thinking that there is a technical solution somewhere. Obviously, planning and management is important