"as an anarchist I find it quite easy to believe that this is what every government does."
AB-SO-LUTELY. The various governments (within the phony boundary lines they drew up long ago to keep us all separated and believing each other are evil so we never notice what THEY'RE doing to us) are all in absolute collusion with one another, and have basically always been. Just like politicians who pretend to be from differing parties (they're NOT), they may and do squabble aplenty, but in the end they all answer to the same masters, the results are the same regardless of who gets (s)elected.
Any and all apparent differences between political parties and indeed governments, is THEATER.
Oh, there's always a temporary exception or two, I mean maybe elements of Iran's government actually do care somewhat about Iranians, and maybe they're not fully 'playing ball' with the rest of the world (Read: No Central Bank As Yet), so they get nominated to play the role of 'current evil in the world', and (likely at some point) get bombed into oblivion. Then suddenly they'll have a central bank, and maybe suddenly even 'most favored nation' status with USEmpire. What a surprise! "But hold that thought till we're done bombing the shit out of a half dozen other mid east countries, then we'll get right with ya."
Yeah Kenny, 
All that said, don't get depressed about it. (WHAT?) Seriously, remember to accept all. Accept all, just as it is. We make every positive change we can, and allow what we can't. Remember: the moment enough people on this planet, in coordinated fashion, decide to no longer participate (as you already don't!), it's over for them. Money drives it all, which is why they've got such a lock on it. But hey, it's showing signs of slipping. When we collectively cut off the supply, what will they do? How will 0.0001% of the population jail and/or murder the rest?
Sorry about the rant, this stuff just gets my blood bubbling. Blessings!!!
RE: Down the Vaccine Rabbit Hole, Episode 1: "The Government Would Never Do That!"