I have, and I hate you seditious bastards more than ever !
I constantly re-evaluate my beliefs, and still keep coming back to the same conclusion - history, precedent, and the application of logic to probable outcomes or the “new thinking” all point to the value of the distilled wisdom of the ages.
Socialism, in any and all of its versions (best described as “command and control”) eventually has to rely on force to compel people to stay in the camp, otherwise they sneak out at every opportunity.