As an American myself, I've always wondered whether there was something in the culture/genes of Americans that predisposed people towards paranoia towards all f

As an American myself, I've always wondered whether there was something in the culture/genes of Americans that predisposed people towards paranoia towards all forms of external authority. I mean, American immigrants are literally a self-selected population of people who found their home societies chafing and restrictive enough that they were willing to migrate thousands of miles at great risk to build a new life. And this migration was repeated time and again within the US -- as each part of the country was populated, waves of Americans decided to strike out West and get out from underneath the bankers, politicians, and other elites that would take over. I think paranoia about government will always be the flip side to wanting to be fully free and independent (whether or not that is achievable in reality).