I recently had a birthday, turning [REDACTED] years old, and realized the day before that my drivers license was about to expire. Now as we are all aware, if my license expires, I suddenly lose the ability to operate a vehicle at all, much less maintain my lane and obey traffic rules. Oh, wait. No, it just means I am more likely to have an unpleasant encounter with people in silly blue costumes who work as enforcers for the racket known as "Government."
I will use the definitions employed by Ben Stone of @badquakerdotcom here to try to explain the concept of the State and the government as distinct ideas.
The State is a religious belief. It does not exist any more than the ancient Greco-Roman pantheon of gods. I like to capitalize it the way I capitalize the name of Zeus as part of this distinction.
The government is the collective noun for the group of people who claim to act on the behalf of their god, The State. This is like the priests who claim to speak for Zeus and who maintain "his" temples.
The religious analogy doesn't stop there. National anthems and patriotic songs are hymns. The Pledge of Allegiance is both a loyalty oath and a prayer, and the ballot is likewise a petition—a prayer, in other words—to the State.
Politically, I could be described as an atheist. I do not believe in the State. It has no authority, and neither does the government that claims to represent it. However, the people around me are almost all adherents to this faith to one degree or another, and government agents will act on their faith regardless of its legitimacy. In order to avoid being robbed, kidnapped, or murdered by these religious zealots, it is necessary to compromise and pretend to play along. After all, going to jail or getting killed would be counter-productive to my goal of achieving more personal liberty.
Back to the license issue: don't I want to know that other drivers are competent? Well, yes, but government doesn't do that. It's an extortion racket and control mechanism disguised as a safety program. My car insurance company cares about my skill as a driver for their bottom line. I care for my own personal safety and concern for others. Unlike the library where I work or the fire department, this isn't a case of government monopolizing a useful service. Government just wants my money and a leash around my neck.
So what can be done? I know there are a lot of believers in various "sovereign citizen" systems that claim to trump the government, but none of it really makes any sense. After all, government agents believe first and foremost in their god. Challenges are not tolerated.
Unfortunately, we live in a world where too many people believe fervently in the State. Just now I left a diner where people were all agreeing over breakfast that Bergdahl needed to be assassinated for treason. Our first task is teaching more people the fundamental principles of liberty. Our foremost foes are not politicians or cops, but rather the school curricula, popular culture, and mainstream news. We must scatter the ideas of liberty so those who are open to real freedom can find it.
Some people will never be ready to abandon intellectual junk food, so don't waste your time with them. Instead, try to find the people willing to think, debate, and discuss using reason and evidence.
If you think the best method is to buck the system and risk being sent to jail, do that and be prepared to convert fellow inmates to liberty should that occur. No one else is in a better position to become fully aware of the nature of government and The State.
If you think the best method is to play along just enough to keep outside of prison while staying in the public sphere, do that and spread sedition. Poke at the comfortable bubble of cognitive dissonance people live in but try to ignore.
If you find a sovereign citizen remedy that actually works, by all means do that.
We have a long road ahead of us. Do what is necessary to live in this world of insanity.
See also:
Anarchism Versus Mythology
Anarchy, Chaos, Law, and Order.