Undoubtedly there are problems within the operation of the state, but without a state mechanism would things be better? I suggest definitely not. Has a free market economy ever existed in a pure form ever? Again I would suggest not ,at least to any degree of complexity or sophistication - the inherent contradiction in the concept of free markets is that people organise into groups in order to advance their security, property 'rights' and access to resources and this organised group structure (called government) inevitably intervenes in the operation of markets- sometimes in good ways, sometimes in less desirable ways, but via the mechanism of government markets are inevitably affected, and the presence of government is more or less a prerequisite to any degree of economic functioning beyond the most simple form.