[Vespasian]

Bureaucracy and legal systems pose some sort of physical threat to you and can use violence (or the threat of violence) to enforce their rules.

In most western societies this happens only if absolutely necessary, after many warnings and the reactions are quite measured (e.g. you won't get shot for a parking ticket). The existence of assholes make people ask for rules to reign them in.

Whoever can send armed people to your door makes the rules. If you are a lucky you have some degree of say who that is (elections) and what that rules might be (e.g. ballot measures, public discussion). If you are unlucky the militia just shows up and takes you to a dark alley.

Crypto (or any other technology for that matter) doesn't change that fundamental fact that your physical body is located somewhere on this world and is accessible to someone. It takes some time for the bureaucracy and the laws to adjust but it always happens. If need be (e.g. you created a smart contract that does something illegal) you can be punished so other people won't do the same.

In conclusion:

> No, you merely accept bureaucracy because you are old and complacent

Is not how these things work at all.