You do realize that 250 years ago the child mortality rate was 50%, right? And the vast majority of people lived short, disease ridden lives, right? It was largely the government spreading the wealth around that ended that. It's fine if you want to go back to that but be honest.
I think actually we have a pretty good handle on institutions that promote long-run growth, and a little bit on the stability of democratic institutions. Large scale and somewhat arbitrary government confiscation of hard-earned wealth, to satisfy the passions of envious masses,