You're only independent from your fellow man if you don't drive on the streets, have a well and septic tank, don't use electricity, only eat what you kill, put out your own fires, never visit a hospital, don't use the legal system, never visit a local, state or national park, never attended a public school or send your kids to one, never buy anything....it's complicated. The [u][b]awesome[/b][/u] thing about the US though is that if you really don't want to do any of those things you have the right to go live in the mountains in Montana and live off the (your) land. Otherwise some responsibilities come with being a part of this society. And I am definitely not a socialist.