You don't need independence

You don't need independence, you need people and money in the society to achieve your goals. People and money in the society are our tools in the society that we can use. Why don't you use tools when you can use them? Tools can make you do things more easily and accelerate your speed to make wealth.  You need management and leadership to leverage people, and you need the investing insights to leverage money. You need to develop and nurture your skills to leverage social resources. You depend on your ability to leverage social resources to achieve your goals. Your ability to leverage social resources is your biggest asset that can make you rich.