This reminds me so much of typical libertarian arguments about how taxation is theft and that life would be so much better without government. They have no idea how dependent they are on the things that the government and taxes provide for them. Things they absolutely take for granted.
“Oh the ‘statist’ is bringing up roads again as if only the government can build roads.”
Which also makes me think of Obama’s infamous “you didn’t build that” speech that so angered entrepreneurs everywhere. Good luck manufacturing and delivering goods without government provided infrastructure of all kinds.