A functioning state does need to provide roads and water. At a bare minimum. Parks/recreation areas, shared power infrastructure (rented to companies), monopoly on violence (police), fire and military backed emergency services (e.g. national guard in a hurricane) are kinda essential for stability. People are willing to give up a bit of sovereignty for genuine security ... and it can easily runaway--I get that's a real/legit fear; but if it's minimal and somehow subject to the account of the people, it's not a bad thing.
Selling all public housing seems good, but privatization of everything is kinda bad. A good government moves slowly to see what does and doesn't work.
I see this similar to how lefties see Star Trek. The future is money-less system utopia. The reality is likely closer to The Expanse, where millions live on basic and in poverty on multiple planets and asteroids.
His country is likely to end up like the Libertarian utopia of Somalia, and other nations will have to avoid his entire coastline for fear or piracy.