There's a lot to be said for that, but what happens when your conservative and free lifestyle puts you in direct conflict with Big brother's morass of dumb laws and regulations that threaten you and your lifestyle? Then you're at war with them, either literally or figuratively.
We’re already there.
Ultimately the question is whether you obey or figure out ways to go around the never ending dictats.
Thomas Jefferson got it wrong: government derives it’s power from the obedience of the governed, not their consent.