Fair enough. But isn't that the story of power? It corrupts, and invariably, large governments are corrupt and serve those in power. Even without things like nepotism, back room deals, self-aggrandizing/self-seeking power, and the other things that we are used to here in the US (and which are considerably worse in most other places), we have systems that are designed to protect those in power. Bureaucracy slows down progress, leaders can keep their hands clean while the systems work beneath them, and all the while, the people are the ones getting screwed. Why anyone would want the government to have more power is beyond me. Anything but libertarianism makes absolutely no fucking sense through the lens of history.