Your fear is unfounded because it's just a boogieman. An illusion, not real. Though the parasitical elite that create boogiemen rely on your fear and The People's fear so that the few dozen parasitical elite may continue usurping unearned paychecks. They destroy values for a living while supporting government corruption. Their other tool of choice is feigned compassion. That is, whip a frenzy of fear in The People and then proclaim themselves the compassionate protectors of The People. They produce nothing but problems where problems need not exist.
We are being used. And used up.
Wake up! We don't need them. They need us. They are the parasites. We are the host.
Value Destroyers versus Value Producers
If civilization had to chose between business/science and government/bureaucracy, eliminating the other, which is the better choice?
The first thing civilization must have is business/science. It's what the family needs so that its members can live creative, productive, happy lives. Business/science can survive, even thrive without government/bureaucracy.
Government/bureaucracy cannot survive without business/science. In general, business/science and family is the host and government/bureaucracy is a parasite.
Aside from that, keep valid government services that protect individual rights and property. Military defense, FBI, CIA, police and courts. With the rest of government striped away those few valid services would be several fold more efficient and effective than they are today.