All this article says is that almost all governments start out as rebelling groups. The drug cartels in Mexico are governments that often offer the Mexican citizens in their areas of operation, government-like peace and protection, even when they are harsh with their people. Drug cartels are governments. If they weren't, they could not be as organized as they are. Same with all the countries. The only difference is the quality of their organizations, the various governments. USA quality is going down. You can see by all the election corruption.