The faster we agree on this bit and devise ways of showing people that the opposite is the truth, not because the left is bad, but because they are naïve, and that there comes along people who are always willing to take advantage of their good nature, the better off we are going to be.
Government CAN be good, as long as it respects the governed. Does that look like the case today?
With the NSA listening in on their kiddie porn indulgence, even the left would agree this isn’t the case.
People ought not believe in the good of government, but in the limits of government. Limits keep necessary government from following its natural evil course.