> If the average person took maximum responsibility for their own life, family, and community, what space is there left for a government to step in and LARP like they're solving problems?

Not much space, maybe I'm a pessimist, but most people will not take responsibility for their own life, family and community.

They want an authority to lead them and make hard decisions for them, because "outsourcing" decisions has been a part of human nature since before we ran around chasing antilopes with spears on the savannah.