There is no true hierarchy to human life.
We are all equal in the sense that we are all human.
Therefore, there is no authority aside from the ones you submit to.
You wouldn’t let your neighbor rob you, kidnap you, or murder you.
A government is no different, with one exception:
You know they have done all of those things before, and you know they’re capable of doing it again.
But they are not your superior. They never were.