"every July 4th many millions of American celebrate a large-scale illegal and seditious uprising by a bunch of “lawless,” “criminal” tax evaders and cop-killers."
Remember the battle cry? "No taxation WITHOUT REPRESENTATION."
We are represented, we have a voice in the government and we can change the laws. Is every law just? No, but that does not automatically mean government is useless or evil, it means people make mistakes. The country was founded on people having a VOICE in government, not on a lack of government.
You aren't represented. You are given a limited choice to choose from to "represent" you whether they truly hold your beliefs or not. Then you are completely at their mercy for whether or not they actually follow through with their promises. Even if they did follow through, the others who oppose aren't represented.
One of the core principals that makes government evil is that, at least in the U.S. , it is based on delegating rights and abilities to someone that you don't have yourself. The laws after the fact are irrelevant.