Searching for freedom always leads back to this very point. We are only free to do one thing and that is take the responsibility for ourselves to act the best we can, to improve the best we can or, like many, pretend we are an island and maximize ourselves the best we can.
Until man understands that it's not about the government, then man hasn't started living.
Even God said
I will do exceedingly, abundantly, above all that you ask or think according to the power THAT WORKETH IN YOU.
IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN OUR HANDS,
Some just feel better having people to blame