Did you know they have July 4th in England, too?

I'm sorry, it's simply a ridiculous notion--independence.  It's practically Randian.  Imagine a man who has systematically cut himself off from other men, made himself self-sufficient and self-contained.  Ignore entirely the man's history of dependence on mother, medicine, family, food system, schools, transportation infrastructure, societal stability, all technology and recorded knowledge that came before--now the man is alone, by his own choice, feeding himself and living for himself.  Would this man be characterized, in any narrative, as healthy?  As admirable?  What use is he, except as a psychological curiosity?  What about him is still human? 

I think the definition familiar to the Founding Fathers comes from the Cavaliers--the power to rule over others just as you like, and never to be subject to them.