Is it hyperbole to call them parasites? The governments, the central banks, the armed forces of various countries of the world, do serve some functions but take more than their fair share. In theory they benefit us people. How long would any country last as such without a military there? How long would we not have a Chaz situation without a paid public police force? Central banks give each country a single currency and means we don't need to trade dollars for dollars in the fiat world, like we need to go from Hive to Ethereum or to Steem at least not within the same country.
Then there is the private side to these things. Central banks are already privately owned. People move from government to private industry. The regulated becomes the regulator.
Basically these are groups that do some activity and if you want it or not you have to get it, and you have to pay for it. There is no opt-out, save moving away to where there is another group doing the same kind of rent-seeking. There is also insurance which is forced on us. The newest kind of forced activity on us is to be vaccines with big pharma. The question is how to work against it so we don't get to the point of owning nothing like some people wish for us.
If parasites were the most powerful and all-encompassing creatures on the planet then no, I would say that is a fair assessment. The truly sad news is that there probably isn't much anyone can do about it since we all seem to fall for the same old tricks with our politicians. We constantly elect the same people that perpetuate the cycle of corruption and no country is exempt from this that i am aware of.
The USA tries to be judge and jury of other countries' corruption when they themselves are just as corrupt, if not even moreso.
This is a real problem for me right now because I live outside of my own country and as such, we don't really have any rights to resist. I am waiting for the mando-vacco rollout and if and when that happens, I will have the choice of either getting it (no want) or getting on an overpriced flight to my home country that I haven't lived in for nearly 20 years (also no want.)