The above might sound unfair but think about it. I believe there is propaganda in almost every country.
And when oil is gone there will be something else. Probably Artificial Intelligence. Also check out a current trending item in HN about the US limiting the export of AI.
The above is old propaganda. It was true. It is becoming less and less true.
The things you listed are all connected.
My personal definition of freedom is 'free of debt'
The opportunities to do this are strictly limited and anyone starting cold is against very tough odds. And the activities that are rewarded are strongly biased towards rent-seeking and monopolistic market exploitation over less aggressively self-serving provision of goods and services.
Obviously it's not impossible. But if you want true economic freedom, your personal and professional choices are - ironically - very tightly constrained.
So I don’t know. One thing a lot of these regimes have in common is oil wealth. Oil wealth tends to drive any other industries out of a country, insulate power around the ruling class, and lead to dictatorships and similar. Definitely getting humanity to use non oil energy sources ASAP would help lower the pressures, I hope.