Well you got it half right. The trick is living on less than a reportable income, and still not take any welfare.
Welfare equals ownership and control over you.
No, not in this case it does not equal ownership because we are doing it deliberately to sabotage the government. They do not own us.
What we are doing is passive resistance. We are not just refusing to support, we are costing the government money. If you want bring down the welfare state you can either start shooting or you undermine it by beating it at its own game