No you don't get it! Rule of Law can only apply when it is lawful and not "under color of the law", which means having the appearance of rightful law. Just because some "authority" makes a proclamation, does not make it a law - for example if it contradicts the Constitution of the U.S.. You as a US Citizen do not have to submit to an unconstituitional law operating under the color of law.
Do not forget that Germany had a constitition and a democracy when it elected Hitler. History repeats itself and human nature is unchanging. Absolute power corrupts absolutely and as Jefferson said, when all power is drawn to and comes forth from Washington (DC) we will have a tyranny here like the one we escaped by revolution.
I hope, for your sake, sir, that you have your papers on you at all times in the coming future. It may be unpleasant for you if not.
You don't need a driver's license to travel, just a thumb or money for a bus ticket. Driving(only around for about a century) is a priveledge, not a right.
Besides, those roads are built and maintained with federal taxes, so if you aren't gonna pay your taxes, don't use the roads!
Papers? A driver's license and soc. security is about all I ever need, downright comes in handy sometimes. Neither seems overly repressive to me. But I'm also not a delusional paranoid spooked by the thought that each passing tumbleweed is actually a jackbooted govt thug in disguise. Pay my taxes ontime, too. They are way too high, but I don't get trigger happy around law enforcement just because of that. But perhaps you are asking me to try and understand the "root cause" of these nutball's anger? Do you want me to "try and understand why they hate the govt so much"?