"This tendency to glamorize the primordial man is an extension of libertarian ideals; it assumes that people are more naturally cut out to hunt, gather, and organize themselves than they are to abide by rules imposed by a coercive, misleading government."
Does he indicate that he is surprised? He sounds disappointed and angry, and highly motivated to change things, but I caught no implication of surprise.
But that doesn't make much sense to me. Like, if I got mugged on the street, my jimmies would be rustled, despite the fact that thousands of muggings occur and have occurred for centuries.