Ah...fashionable cynicism. ;-) But, guys, try living somewhere where there really IS no government. I'm thinking.....Somalia.

When there IS no government then you can expect to be accosted at any time by the meanest son of a bitch in the valley, carrying a large gun, and accompanied by his vicious hangers-on. If you are a man, they will rob you, beat you up, maybe kill you. Or they might recruit you to join the gang and do that to other people. If you are a woman who is still young enough to attract their attention, they will rob you, rape you, and then kill you.

That is a complete lack of socialism...and of government.

You don't notice all the stuff the government IS doing right every day of your lives, and you know why? Because people only notice something when it goes wrong or stops working.