saul - I do wish to say that your original point is well taken, and I gather it's a response to the lunatic propaganda on the political Right in the USA. The only societies where one finds very little government are small tribal hunter-gatherer societies such as the Inuit or various Native American groups in traditional times....and even in those there was some form of government. Just not very much of it. It basically amounted to the commonly agreed-upon authority of the elders in the community.
As soon as you introduce concepts like land ownership, permanent settlements, money, banking, standing armies, legal codes, licenses, etc...government becomes quite complex, and the more complex it becomes the harder it is for the ordinary people to deal with it or understand it...or, for that matter, to directly affect it. The people basically give over much of their personal sovereignty to various distant authoritative sources, and that's exactly what makes them feel uncomfortable about the situation. At the same time, they can't really escape it, and it does provide for a good many of their practical needs.