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>And then privatize it
Here is the thing. You need a government for a very small set of things
1) "10 commandment enforcement" aka prevent stealing, murdering, bearing false witness, etc. This includes protecting a citizen's liberty in the general sense, both from other citizens and from government. Also includes preventing bad actors from dumping toxic waste in waterways, or polluting the air, poisoning the land, and so forth; and punishing them if they do.
2) National Defense, and other "National" things. Like, you need someone to negotiate with other heads of state for whatever purpose nations negotiate. Etc.
3) Conflict arbitration between local governments, or between industry and citizens or industry and local governments or local governments and citizens.
4) Levy taxes of SOME sort, since 1-3 costs money. In the days of the founding fathers, the only taxes were import tariffs, and voluntary bonds and lotteries.
That's the basics. That's all you need. Now… you can make the argument there are certain kinds of exceptions for example nation-wide infrastructure or services (post office) but these ought to be debated on a case-by-case basis on their merits, and the default should position be it's not the government's job.
So no we should not privatize government. It needs to be a public service. Public. Service. When was the last time government serviced the general public as opposed to Wall Street or multinational corporations or billionaires or lobbyists or special interests? Not in my lifetime.
The Libertarian logic is simply that the larger government is, regardless of the intended or stated purpose, the more it will tax and subjugate the people in order to serve the special interests and friends and cronies of the politicians who pay for their extravagant election campaigns. Rather, government should be modest and constrained and economical and only exert its power to serve genuine public interest.