Now we are talking!

I wouldn't say that I necessarily characterize all these things (government, corporations, academia) as being "bad" in themselves. It is their role on the individual and society at large that is often "bad"

All these entities are brought into existence to fulfill some kind of need or purpose. However once brought into existence they often have enough power, momentum, and public trust to deviate significantly from their original purposes.

The masses of people need some kind of hierarchy, but not necessarily national governments. Governments gain too much power and act outside the interests of their people. The people have little recourse.

Corporations, the biggest problem I have with them is their involvement in the government. Regulations, subsidies, and numerous forms of redtape designed to protect the public ends up just creating barriers of entry for competition without any meaningful protection. It also creates a false sense of security instead of a buyer beware atmosphere. FDA approves drugs that must be later recalled, but most people don't hesitate to prescribe or take FDA approved medication.

Academia is only bad in so much that it is so narrow and naive. It is not isolated from the world that it studies, and the direction that projects and research goes in is determined by funding. So much funding in Academia comes from the government or the defense industry.

Which leads into Bitcoin

Bitcoin will not solve all of the worlds problems. It will however strike at the heart of the modern war-surveillance-propaganda machine. War is profitable because money is created out of debt. This debt is being passed on to younger and future generations. The surveillance and propaganda machines are used to ensure that war remains popular and profitable.

A Bitcoin based monetary system wouldn't mean there is never war. It would however reduce the scope of most wars. A country couldn't wage a war if it didn't have enough savings, unless it could get a loan. And why would a country get a loan to go to war unless the spoils of the war were worth more than the total cost of the loan?

Bitcoin doesn't solve human greed, violence, or stupidity, but it does limit it.

I'd be happy to elaborate further, thanks for the discussion!

EDIT: And what is "good" ? A much more difficult question that has been a focus of philosophy for thousands of years. To me what is "good" is the ability of an individual to engage in the world in any way they so please, except in ways that harm others. Obviously this leads into a discussion of what harm to others is, is it physical, economical, spiritual, emotional? Everybody has different beliefs about what is good to them and harmful to them. This is precisely why I do not support national or global governments. Different people have different beliefs about how they want to be ruled and what works within a cultural belief system. We need a plurality of city-states; tens of thousands of them. The development of atomic weapons has obviously shoehorned the world into a few sovereign entities that can maintain these weapons programs. Personally I don't see any hope for staving off a global disaster that will end with mass starvation of 3-6 billion people. In my opinion it is likely to start through an economic accident that ripples through supply chains, then leading into local and global battles.