The way we look at governments that is the problem, because rather than seeing them as functions of society, we expect them to meet our needs as individuals.
Correct. I get some people think govt is evil and banks are evil. Sure but so does the middle men between govt and the citizens. Those middle men do more damage than the rich 1 percent and the people uptop. I feel that democratic govt is lot better than the communist and socialist one.
Social democracies are probably the best of what is currently in use at the moment. That is what Finland and the Nordics have. It isn't socialism at all, but it ends up being more even distribution of resources. Though, it is changing as people tend to follow the US, so it will end up being totally screwed also.