Liberal democracy is a fantasy. Any dreams of limiting power are fantasy and do not correspond with reality. Originally liberals wanted government to never reach beyond safeguarding the rights of the people, and look at where we are now. Liberals thought we should be able to alter or abolish governmental institutions when they stop serving our ends, yet they now cling to these institutions superstitiously like they can’t be altered, and like there is no other way.
Human history tells us we don’t need external compulsion in order to have functioning civilization. Nation-states are a recent invention in the course of human existence and have only served to make matters worse, instill worse suffering, trauma and pain upon formerly free peoples who used to have a solidaric bond and solve matters themselves. Exploitation of people over others cannot be abolished without abolishing the state.