We as a whole nation don't trust our own government enough to hand it that kind of unchecked power over our lives, no matter who's in charge.
I always find this particular US trope amusing, because Americans genuinely believe that they haven't
already handed to their various governments more power over their daily lives than Europeans would ever tolerate.
They just don't notice.
You can own a gun (though it's perfectly OK for a policeman to kill you on the spot, if he
thinks you
might have one); But if you cross a street in the city centre, you are risking a fine.
You can be fined for not mowing your lawn. But that's OK, because an HOA isn't a government body (it just has litterally all of the characteristics of a government body, but it's not
called government, so it doesn't count). You can't even go for a stroll in many places without being stopped and questioned by police, because walking is 'suspicious behaviour' (as is 'being black', 'being young', or 'being scruffy').
Americans think of themselves as free, despite being subject to more petifogging rules, and a more intrusive and less friendly policing regime, and having a far larger part of their population in prison, than any EU nation. They achieve this feat of belief by constantly re-defining "freedom" to mean the ability to vote for the petty officials who are permitted to oppress them.
And they will defend this concept of "freedom", in which everyone is free to obey the rules or go to jail (or be shot dead), against any hint that it's not actual freedom. I am 100% certain that they don't think "doing whatever you feel like doing, without anyone hassling or questioning you as long as you are not actively hurting anyone" has any part in freedom at all.