&gt; <i>The only way we can screw this up is to weaken the governments and strengthen the corporations to the point that governments won&#x27;t be able to tax.</i><p>Sadly, this seems to be the dominant narrative among people these days. I can understand that when fighting for less taxes, they&#x27;re thinking about themselves and their neighbours who run small businesses, but in the end this will likely turn self-destructive, as the businesses increasingly consolidate and governments are less and less able to protect the intrests of their people.<p>That most governments are run by openly corrupt media stars doesn&#x27;t help either.<p>&gt; <i>So probably private armies are bad idea</i><p>Private armies are such, such bad idea that it&#x27;s hard to believe there are actually people advocating them.