We give them power over us by using their money, and dutifully reporting everything we make to the government. Consider instead using gold and crytpos, and keeping transactions private.

We give them power over us by using their schools. Seriously, nobody would send their lids to the local crime syndicate, for fear they would be corrupted, but ironically that is exactly what most people do.

We give them power over us by using their police and justice systems. In truth, we should try to privatize security, arbitration, and come up with solutions that rely on them as little as possible.

We give them power over us by supporting their cartels, especially the "woke" ones. So many of these companies are propped up by government regulations that hinder competitors, and government printed up money that fluffs up their stock value. We need to identify these people and take them down a peg.

We rely on them by pushing power up the food chain. 90% of what the federal government does can be done by the state governments, and 90% of what the state governments do can be don't by the county governments. And 90% of what both of them do, can often be done by ourselves privately.

There are at least 80 million of us. That is larger that most countries on the planet. There is no reason why we can't stand on our own, and no reason why we have to rely on them when push comes to shove. We can create our own economies, infrastructure, and education, and justice.