Key words being "failed states." Leaving aside that those places are examples of failed states, should one take a trip to North Korea to see that statism doesn't work? Or is your 'argument' on this very selective?

Secondly,

"Your proposal of a central government that only protects liberty is a lot like a proposal for a giant bohemoth that only gobbles the wicked. It's magical, imaginary, and Utopian. In every example of central government in history the well connected and powerful have controlled it, to their own benefit, at the expense of everyone else."