I know. We could start with government pruned down to defence and security, and law and order.
Then someone would have a Bright Progressive Idea. And, you know, forming associations and founding institutions and raising funds is just so much work, and the government is right there with a police force and armed forces to back it up, and golden bureaucratic sinecures are so much more attractive than actually working and worrying from day to day about keeping the operation going, and after all your people are so much smarter and better intentioned than other people anyways...