Are founders of profitable bootstrapped companies the free citizen model?

I’ve been playing around with this thesis for a while because it appears to me that not having intermediaries makes you free from: 1. the pressure of stakeholders 2. their unclear/unpredictable? intentions (risk?) 3. their politics and all sort of things that doesn't help you to stay connected with the audience (or at least not for the right reasons.) When I think of founders of bootstrapped profitable companies I see people that can really express their ideas differently from other people. Regardless what the law (and ultimately the constitution) say about everybody, they are effectively more free than other people. Some days ago Derek Sivers blogged about the “home” concept[1] and it made me think about this question. Actually, his story is kind of an example of this model. Then, when he asked for questions [2] I’ve asked him this one and he told me he’s very interested in writing about it (I hope he does!) So the next thing I think about all this is the social role of startups for democracy. With more citizens like this one should have a civilization of more effectively free people. This has huge consequences. Startups of this kind are way more interesting than simple personal wealth creation. Do you guys perceive this too or I’m using too much imagination? [1] "There's no place like home" http://sivers.org/homeless [2] "Any questions?" http://sivers.org/aq