If you really believe that governments were created "for the greater good of their people", I strongly suggest you review the entirety of human history.

I'm not religious, but the hebrew bible has a really fascinating parable (1 samuel 16) about the israelites wanting "a king" (and importantly, describing there motivations for such) and god begrudgingly granting their wish with a warning for what was to come.

Governments serving their people is a very modern and very imperfect concept. I would argue we're not there yet.