[sofixa]

> and very few people are willing to say: the less a government does, the better.

A lot of people are saying that, and in most cases just out themselves as loud and not very knowledgeable people.

Governments exist for a bunch of reasons. Many things are only possible or can only work well if done centrally and without a profit motive (like most things infrastructure and utility, healthcare to name a few). Yes, people want their governments to do things said people want. What's the problem that? If i want more bike lanes in my city, you can bet your ass I'll petition and lobby the mayor for that. Who else could do it? A benevolent rich person? As if.

Same goes for many many many other things. Banning single use plastics? Carbon tax? Giving incentives so that energy generation and transportation switch to less carbon intensive ( nuclear, renewables, EVs, rail electrification) energy? Creating good public transit so that less people need polluting and space wasting vehicles? Etc etc etc.

The US libertarian "small government" dream simply doesn't work. And the best part is that state governments that ostensibly follow that dogma are still able to force their nonsense pet preferences ( like abortions in Texas) or ask for federal help when disaster strikes ( the recent Kentucky natural disasters). Off the top of my head i can't think of other places in developed countries that went so far on the "the less a government does, the better" thing, that's why I'm only giving them as examples.