Yes, government in the US is largely broken now. It serves the corporations and the rich. But the solution isn't to blindly reduce the size of government, as libertarians and anarchists would do. If people try to subvert laws, that doesn't mean we do away with laws. The solution is to fix the problem by reducing corruption and getting money out of politics. This will likely require a huge movement, akin to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. But it's doable. Things used to be better in the past. And many European nations have more equitable and just governments, without going the small government route.
Libertarians would say it is our responsibility to take care of ourselves and each other as needed; don't depend on government. But it is a fact that governments do take care of poor people, elderly people, and others unable to take care of themselves. Nobody else will take care of them.
For further explanation, see Anarchism, Libertarianism and the way forward, Without Government We'd Still be Hunter-Gatherers and Government is like a Computer Operating System.
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