It’s fair to assume that governmental structures are designed to be self-sustaining. A self-sustaining structure has feedback mechanisms. Feedback creates an informational/energetic loop whereby the result of an output is fed back as an input.
Using feedback, the structure will attempt to detect deviation from a desired “sustainable” state. Such attempts inherently work to prevent “outsiders” from changing that “sustainable” state. To fulfill this desire, the structure will attempt to limit the expression of free will by others. It must do so by exerting control over others by serving itself.
We all use feedback in one way or another to correct our own actions. As such, I wouldn’t necessarily say that the mind itself is the problem but rather the self-serving nature of the ego. An example of a government having ego might be the elimination of social unrest. In that situation, the government would work to limit expressions of free will that either advocate for or achieve, as a few brief examples, destruction of property, dissemination of anti-governmental ideologies, and possession of weaponry. The government perceives these expressions of free will as opposed to its continued “sustainable” existence, which certainly is the manifestation of ego.