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 I disagree. 

The vast majority of people in the US really do just want to be left on their own. 

I reject the notion that governance is needed. 

1000 armed people voluntarily working to build and defend a mostly contiguous section of land would be formidable enough to stave off nearly anything short of carpet bombing.  
 I think the REAL roadblock is APATHY. I do think most people want to be left alone to live how they want without hurting others.. but the incentives are in place so that going along to get along is the best option for normies. It's like politics.. people are deliberately uninformed because it isn't worth their time to be informed. It is in that sense that I see the statement "most people want a government" to be true - in the real Austrian sense because normies economize their time in passive support of the state. 
 I obviously also reject the need for a state