Don't be so scared of government that you serve it, instead of it serving you. Revolutions of the past did not protest how much governments were doing for their well-being. Fundamentally, if taxes had ever been used to actually deliver services to the people instead of funding monarchs and their wars, there might be less fear of taxes. Overcome your fears. Make your government serve you. Like the French providing household assistance services for free to all new moms a few hours a week until the mother feels ready to handle everything.

Bravo!

Interesting thought - perhaps Conservatives, who lean toward authoritarianism, can only see government as authoritarian. Certainly it becomes that when they are in power. And if that's what government is, who'd want it?
What a paradox! "Since government is what we have made it, we can tell it is evil and we should get rid of as much of it as possible."

Good theory, masbury. I would be afraid of government as well if it were inevitably linked to authoritarianism.