Government is force pure and simple. There's no way to sugar-coat that. And because government is force it will attract the worst elements of society - people who want to use government to avoid having to earn their living and to avoid having to persuade others to accept their ideas voluntarily.
Once you get a spice in your home you have it forever. Women never throw out spices. The Egyptians were buried with their spices. I know which one I'm taking with me when I go.