History is the best reason not to trust the government, because it has been behind unbelievably evil things; and politicians have promised to solve every problem you can think of 10x over, enacted legislation to do so, and lo-and-behold they all still exist.
Government, being effectively the primary means that people have to organize themselves, is a force multiplier for human impact; it's intellectually dishonest to blame it for the unbelievably evil things people have made it do without crediting it for the unbelievably good things.
This argument seems kind of weird or hypocritical to me. Government is nothing other than a group of people. Same with corporations. Of course, when someone intervenes against what you want or against your morals, you're going to dislike it or may even deem it evil. As after all, that's your opinion. Problem is not everyone in society has the same opinion on matters, hence why politics is a thing.
Perhaps if you think the government (people) shouldn't have power to "intervene", you (a person), or another group you approve of (yet again people) also shouldn't have power to "intervene" either? Not that you were arguing this, but... hopefully I've demonstrated my point.
People shouldn't have the ability to intervene with my life choices or property. Government guarantees that others don't do that, but uses its monopoly power to intervene itself. To some extent, I would prefer if it were individuals trying to intervene, because individuals are far less powerful than the government. For example, the government can forcibly search me before I board a plane, but if the government weren't doing that, and only some airlines were playing security theatre, I could simply choose an airline that decided not to waste my time.