Agreed. The libertarian fantasy that once we sufficiently undermine governments they will fall and a utopia of individual action free of tyranny will reign is

Agreed. The libertarian fantasy that once we sufficiently undermine governments they will fall and a utopia of individual action free of tyranny will reign is just that - a fantasy. Governments are being weakened by the forces of corporate globalization and the winners aren't the masses. They're a tiny band of corporations and a small wealth elite that controls access to resources via control of those corporations. While overly oppressive government can indeed by a terrible problem, it is often overlooked that an elected government is the only means by which the masses can effectively contain the voracious appetites of giant corporations (which will often act in ways that aren't even in their own long term interests, destroying much of the economy on which they feed). Free markets when well regulated by a government accountable to the people represent a happy medium, which served us well for an extended period in the 20th century. We seem to have lost that. Instead we're left with crony capitalism and government which acts on behalf of the highest bidder. The worst of both worlds. It is a lot harder to overthrow our corporate overlords in this world of weak governance than to overthrow an oppressive ideological political regime.