"(1) Example being I was born in the USA so somehow automatically consented to the rules of the land." Your parents consented on your behalf when you were born

"(1) Example being I was born in the USA so somehow automatically consented to the rules of the land." Your parents consented on your behalf when you were born. Parents everywhere are entitled to make legal decisions for their offspring before the children reach the age of majority; this is what yours did for you. When you reached the age of majority, you suddenly gained the freedom to consent on your own (by remaining) or reject the terms of living in your country of origin (by leaving). There's no mystery about being ensnared into something you didn't ask for; your parents did so for you, following a tradition and law as universal and old as time.