Dan, thank you for sharing your journey with us. I would like to respectfully point out the drastic change from one belief system with the label "Christianity" to another belief system with the label "Libertarian." Go deeper. Keep meditating. Yes, people are the problem and also the solution. If it weren't for government I might be dead right now due to the fact that my father wanted to murder me (a pastor) and I have 2 serious mental illness diagnoses. But because of the help of government I have made all my dreams come true - musician, recording artist, writer and now actor in film. All because government was there to save my life. The court system has not always been on my side (I have written about this - custody, child support to a sociopathic drug dealer who hired lawyers to crush me ) but nothing is perfect in this world - obviously.