You can't start a business, because they'll shut it down. You can't have your interests represented by the government, because they'll steal the election. And you can't even get rich, because they'll tank your investments.
This is not a Republic. This is a plantation. We're all just field slaves.
When SCOTUS refused to hear the case that Texas brought, the United States became the Vassal States of America. It's not a union of equal sovereigns anymore.