One thing I don't like about NOSTR is that people tend to be too "f--- the government" here

Their point is correct obviously but there is a point where the government is too small to be effectively.

Where it becomes annoying because you have to be your own police, army, firefighter, city planner, etc

In reading about the Madison presidency, it seemed like the government was so small that they couldn't do quick action against foreign invaders (the British in the scenario that Madison experienced)

I'm more in favor of a government that is the right size and accountable to it's citizens