Not really. Over the long run almost all govts of any significance will do bad things. You limit the effects of these bad govts with proactively by restricting

Not really. Over the long run almost all govts of any significance will do bad things. You limit the effects of these bad govts with proactively by restricting their powers at all times. This is why you shouldn't give more power to a govt because it's doing well in the 10 year window. Facebook's reach is limited by being on fb.