It is obvious that government is NEVER illegitimate. Right from the smallest government, the family, to the greatest super-power, government is always legitimate. The difficult question is, which government is the government of power?

Certainly there is government among the drug lords. They have their rules, their laws if you will. If you are part of their group - part of their "nation" - you better obey their laws, if you know what's good for you. The only time you can disregard their laws is if you are stronger than they.

It is the same with any government. As long as a government can hold sway over its people by force or by propaganda, it is a powerful government. When it loses its strength and control because the people wake up, the government of the people and by the people and for the people begins to return.

The "few" who are using the U.S. Government to control the "many" in ways that were never intended, have been a GOVERNMENT over even the U.S. Super-power. If they can retain their power over the U.S. Government and the people, if they can conquer even Bitcoin, then they will remain the GOVERNMENT. Otherwise, they may fall away and be gone forever.