this is true, especially with a country whose politicians are left and right statists. However, and this is a huge issue, there are certain moral questions that pretty much require some enforcement of a moral standard, one way or the other. We could allow a Lowest Common Denominator , some would say if one has the right to life, liberty and property, then one also has the right to either defend it oneself, or the right to have the government defend those rights:

https://zeroaggressionproject.org/mental-lever/legitimate-government/