People can argue endlessly over which government did what first, and which one is more evil.
But the root of the problem, as I see it, is the existence of government itself -- the concentration of nearly unlimited power to destroy and kill into a few hands.
As someone said, paraphrased: "Man was not designed to hold this kind of power. There probably isn't a person anywhere in the world that is capable of responsibly handling the vast power of the POTUS."
Some statists I debate always bring up how evil "the rich" are. But I tell them, can Bill Gates slaughter thousands of people and get away with it? Does he even have any incentive or interest in doing so? Can Ross Perot confiscate your house, bank account, or retirement funds? Of course not.
The concentration of political power -- which always ends in violence against the innocent -- is the real problem. I rarely agree with Communists, but Mao Tse-Tung was accurate when he said: "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun."