[czzr]

There are better and worse governments. Blanket statements like yours only serve to empower the worse governments.

[raxxorraxor]

I doubt this was the essential point. Even if it is currently well intended and behaves perfectly, the "goodness" of government is irrelevant.

It is that you cannot rely on government to be good. So you need checks and balances and also privacy to shield you from government overreach.