You weren't meant to have a boss 18 years ago
What a load of bullocks. Humans are a social species. They are supposed to work in groups, and any group needs leaders and followers - one is not more important than the other. Comparing the life of a "company man" to that of a lion in a cage is a straw man argument.
Some people, myself include, are more than happy to put in our 40 hours at our jobs (I happen to enjoy mine), and than get to go home and define ourselves in ways not related to our careers.
Your insistence that being a startup founder somehow makes you more human is arrogant and offensive.