Blaming 'the government' is an easy cop out- where there is no government people are usually much worse of and hasten to establish one as quickly as possible because they know that only a government can provision the laws, security and property rights enforcement that are the basis of a strong prosperous economy. The neoliberal-Libertarian dogma that government is all bad has resulted in the decline of western civilisation. It was only via the careful shepherding of resources and capital that western nations gained global dominance and hegemony over all other peoples. That advantage is now in peril due in large part to neoliberal-Libertarian nonsense.