Self fulfilling prophecies are always true.

For me, because I am seizing the means of production suitable to my personal circumstances, I suffer ever less parasitism and enjoy ever greater freedom. Overlords do not make goods and services. They parasitize the work of people that do, and they do that by owning the means of production. When they no longer own means of production that we don't, they become peers, without wealth and power we don't have. I am not dreaming of magical things, but accounting the real income and outgo that people making their own goods and services create. When you grow a potato, no bankster lends you money and collects interest on the loan. No middleman transports or retails it. No taxable event occurs. When you make what you need, you keep 100% of the wealth you create.

As long as you depend on overlords, you will never be free. As soon as you don't, you will be free. That's all there is to it.