The free man is inconvenient to the state; he does not ask for permission, nor does he expect entitlements.
However, the 'democratic state' cannot tolerate such independence. It must convince the self-reliant man that he needs it. Better yet- that he rules it. Thus, the state does not conquer its subjects with force alone - it converts them, one by one, from sovereigns to subjects (dependents).
You are exactly 💯 right.
The independent man does not need this nebulous thing called government. He makes his own way through life with the labor of his hands, the resources he has available and the agreements he makes with others.
Man's rights and Laws come from God.
Government offers man only that which government first took from man.
All government is but groups of thieves.
God created man (Book of Genesis)
Man created government (Preamble to the Constitution)
Government created citizens (14th Amendment) <--- You are here
Man has experienced capitis deminutio maxima (maximum diminished capacity) or greatest loss of status from the different classes the State created such as citizens, aliens.
