If you have land with shelter and can grow, hunt or gather your own food you have come far when it comes to being ungovernable imo.

And land dont have to be expensive, you can start out by getting a small patch for about $2,000 if you are able/willing to look 30-40 miles outside a smaller city. And in my opinion i dont understand why they are cheap. Thats the area where you stand the best chance of surviving should a meltdown happen? Everyone should have something like that