I thought of you and our previous discussions when I read that a warlord is in control of CHAZ and it is already running short of food.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/it-only-took-2-days-seattles-autonomous-zone-descend-chaos

Zero Hedge is definitely not MSM and publishes alternate views from the right and left.

You are quite correct that all governments' practical powers come from the barrel of a gun. However violence abhors a vacuum. As soon as one violent governing power exits, one or more new violent powers will pop up to replace them.

The best we can do is what the US Founding Fathers sought to do - ensure that those holding the guns are responsible to the people and that there are lots of checks and balances.

It worked well for almost 200 years but now the US system is completely broken.