Well said my friend. You are some of the first fruits of the homeschooling trend that started about 25 years or so ago. You are listening to the inner voice. Even people in the system who listen to the inner voice are more free then those who do not and blindly follow everything their perceived authorities tell them.

Sounds like you had some great parents to home school you in the environment you grew up in. They sensed something wrong with the system and wanted to minimize its effect on you the best they could.

We home schooled our children too for this reason. It can be difficult. I envy you in many ways at the same time I know it can be difficult to live outside the system even partially. I was caught up in fighting the government in the courts and through so called legal and lawful declarations etc. It got me no where. That beast is to powerful due to the majority conforming to it. I came to the conclusion that it was best to avoid it where possible and go along as little or minimal as possible to keep it from destroying me and my family where it was impossible to avoid.

I have friends doing similar to me who did jail time to force them to conform to non-laws just made up as they went. Many of them are bitter and angry. I did not want to end up that way. Sometimes you have to plow with the horses you have till you can upgrade.

If I was younger I might live similarly to you, I still do not conform where ever I can get away with it. However I now evaluate if it really matters since I know the truth. But do not let it eat me up. I look for the good in all things now. There is a lesson in everything. You're either winning or learning I say.

Bottom line is everything is within. I am free from this beast of authority because I no longer blindly follow it even though sometimes it forces me. The more that do that and eventually society will reflect that and change. It's to slow but it will happen eventually.

Keep doing what your doing and following the inner voice my friend!