I mean the thing is, even when we felt like they were there, did they even do anything beneficial for the common folk? No government really cares about its people anymore. It’s just a way for people elected to line up their pockets.
If I’m too stupid to see the daily benefit to me, then you must have the sufficient intelligence to see it I suppose. Which also puts the burden of listing those benefits on you. Sure the governments do stuff like funding infrastructure etc. But if you could at least read and think on a high school level, you would have understood that what I’m saying is not about the government doing literally nothing. I’m saying for the amount of money they collect, the things they achieve or put in service of you is negligible.