Indeed, I can see how he may need the state, but he has too much faith in the idea that the people running the show are trying to do the best thing for everyone

Indeed, I can see how he may need the state, but he has too much faith in the idea that the people running the show are trying to do the best thing for everyone. My inner cynic tells me that the people at the top are acting mostly in the interest of the other wealthy people they have dinner with, who fund their campaigns, who's kids go to the same school, etcetera. Wikileaks is important because there needs to be more transparency in what the government is actually doing so we can make our own, reasoned decisions, as opposed to ones based on the biased, filtered, partisan commentary of the media. It's by no means perfect, but it's better than the mainstream media.