Doug Casey on the US government.
Throughout history government has served as a vehicle for the organization of hatred and oppression, benefitting no one except those who are ambitious and ruthless enough to gain control of it. That's not to say government hasn't, then and now, performed useful functions. But the useful things it does could and would be done far better by the market.
Read on:
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2016/01/doug-casey/ascendancy-sociopaths/