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I enjoy over simplification. The thing is, I don't really feel like writing a treatise of my own views on this thread. So simplicity has to be the order of the day. Anywho, yes, it is a nice theory. Yes, cars hurt people. That's the fun in life, knowing that any of us can die by such a plethora of random objects. But the use of cars outweighs the bad side of that use, and last I checked, only a few people use them to kill people. Compare that to, say, meth. A fine drug which may cause euphoria but is a detriment to that person and the people around him or her. It has almost no positive value -- except for maintaining a clean house, perhaps.
Anecdotes are wonderful. Do we really have anything but anecdotes? We may find random studies, this, that, and the other, but a shit load of our natural perspective comes from experience, hearsay, and, yes, anecdotes. Mayhap I should cut back the usage, but if I had known I'd be called out on the floor for it, I'd probably have omitted that part. But hey, life is hearsay.
As you can list a few things you attribute to government, I can list just as many from individuals. By the way, how do you think government came up with the transistor? Because it was interested in germanium? Anyway. How about the AC motor, vacuum tubes, speakers, the lever, pulleys, vaccinations... And this is all pointless.
Efficiency or inefficiency of government is a moot point. As much as I like efficiency, in government it's not always a good thing. Case in point: Nazi Germany.
And as I said, I can live anywhere as long as the government is running roughshod over me. Aryan factory worker, Roman magistrate, janitor. Try harder.