I just want to be left alone.
Bruh. No you fucking don't. You want to use society's infrastructure and benefits without contributing to it. If you really want to be left alone, go follow Alexander Supertramp's lead.
Socialism
*Everyone claps
Socialism is NOT whatever the hell this "sovereign citizen" stuff is.
Socialism is instead a democratization of the benefits of our collective labor.
Rather than permit the kings and nobles, billionaires, athletes, movie stars, politicians, and pop idols to take the lion's share - we use it to invest in our society, our collective well being.
You work? I do too. And so do the clerks at the gas stations and grocery stores - the brick layers and the office workers - we're all just working a job for a living.
For the ones that can't or don't want to work - Setting aside the murky definition of "work" - I'd rather they be fed, clothes, housed and warm, because it means safer lives for everyone.
he acted dumb like he didn’t know what “natural man” meant.
Um…no one fucking does. You’re in a weird cult-like mind trap.
It's an actual thing:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_person
distinguished from the broader category of a legal person, which may be a private (i.e., business entity or non-governmental organization) or public (i.e., government) organization.
I nearly went down a rabbit hole on that, like, well what is a Natural Man, or is it all caps? So glad I restrained my inborn curiosity. Ain’ got time for that. lol
Narrator: he was, in fact, a criminal and did, in fact, make things worse for himself. He did not, however, gain any wisdom from this experience.
Holy shit.
The legal genius has spent several weeks in jail because of traffic infringement?
What an special person they are.
"The judge seemed annoyed". You don't say.
And he still has to face punishment for the traffic infraction.
Oof, two months in jail because you won't "bend the knee" to a judge after admittedly driving without a license and leading the police on a chase (no cop should chase somebody for something so stupid, considering how dangerous police chases are, but that's another matter).
What an idiot.
I'm curious if anybody gave him any advice.
Homie's profile pic is the NASA logo, but instead of NASA says lies. They probably think the world is flat. You would get farther arguing with a brick than this person.
Homie’s profile pick in the NASA logo, but instead of NASA says lies. They probably think the world is flat.
Oof.
OP is here for you.
Maybe I’m crazy but the more of these I read the more I feel bad for these people.
It’s like the law is so alien and arbitrary to them, that even when presented with strong evidence that they’re wrong, they can’t see they’ve been deceived. They’d rather live in a world where laws can be invalidated just because they’re unfair or arcane (as long as you know the magic spell of course…).
I kind of sympathize with that: the law IS alien and often arbitrary for us common folk.
The law isn't hard to understand it's just hard to understand the specifics of. That's not quite the same thing.
I do not think anyone really believes that they are allowed to drive on a suspended license, they know they're not allowed to drive on the suspended license, but they are selfish and they do not care. They just think that there's some weird loophole that will allow them to get away with it.
The problem is, everything they think they know about the law comes from a facebook group of crazy people.
But that’s the thing though: devil’s in the details. That’s why we hire lawyers. I mean, driving on a suspended license is illegal for everyone and it’s very obvious. Pretty much everyone gets the same ticket.
Just like stealing and embezzlement. Some guy at my work just got fired for that, and rightly so. He stole like, a hundred dollars worth of candy. They’re prosecuting him for it. Not sure why he did it, he was on camera taking an entire case, very silly stuff.
Too bad he didn’t steal 5.6 million dollars from 1,000 people. Then it would just be a civil case that takes 10+ years to litigate.
Edit: the dealers were actually seeking a combined 50 mil, and after legal fees (1.4 mil) and etc each got about 4K. Justice!
It's more like this is a myth they can believe in. They feel trapped in an unfair, punitive and coercive system where they functionally have no real choices. The myth of sovereign citizens allows them to grasp onto a hope that actually they do have some choice. "I never consented to this, I never chose this, so I must be able to opt out, right?" In some ways, it's much like the myth people tell of the "Reptilian Overlords". Looking at the unfairness, abusiveness, and callousness of those in power, it's easier for some to cling to a story that explains their "otherness" than accept that humans do horrible shit to each other and accept that is part of one's own identity.
I’ve always thought it so odd how people can look at something like greed and we pretty much all agree, that thing is bad.
Go out to dinner with some friends and just start taking everyone’s food and drink and you aren’t getting invited out again.
Then for our society we were like “what if we let greed be the driving force of this thing and the greediest people who take up the absolute most for themselves we will turn into celebrities!”
In my life I’ve known lots of people and most have been pretty regular fine people. It’s like our entire society is being held back by a small group of people going “no you can’t have nice things because if you had a nice thing a person like me would come in and fuck it all up to make a profit” and then we put those people in charge.
Exactly. Well said.
laws can be invalidated just because they’re unfair or arcane
The trending suggests that the laws these whackados are neither unfair nor arcane. We have custody rights, we have speed limits and loan payment and utility charges, insurance requirements and proof a driver can pass a basic proficiency test, and that seems to be the bulk of it.
Call it a bias, because it is, but I'm only seeing dirtbags shirking their responsibility as a member of society while still demanding its protections. But until we have a remote island to put all our non-society people where they can live out the short remainder of their anarchic lives in the environment they claim to want, without money and trust and standards and testing and trivial service to the society for the good of everyone through consolidation and specialization that allows, until we can give these people the daily fishing and water-toting grind they so desperately demand because the don't understand the appendicitis is still a thing there too, we have to let them exist in our society.
Is that their leverage? We can't give them what they demand so we have to let them re-create their more primitive way of life with all the benefits of modern society? They know hawaii makes new islands all the time, right?
I can't understand most of this incomprehensible rant, but this goes both ways. The law uses arcane rules to keep people in or keep people from seeking justice at all.
Often the arcane rules are really the only thing that helps people. For instance, in some states there are time limits on appealing a case, so even if you do find some you can't present it. The only option at that point may be to prove a mistrial in order to even present the new evidence.
You would think we have people involved to keep the whole thing empathetic and human, but... You'd be wrong, and maybe people are just fucking awful anyway.
In most cases though people don't try. The state throws so much red tape at them they just plead out to avoid the hassle. Out justice system is really designed for efficiency st this point and not for justice. We're too cheap to invest in actual justice.
That's... why they're guaranteed representation by someone who knows the law. This idiot gave up that right.
Meh. I work in tech and a big part of my day is just communicating with non tech trying to make sure they understand. It's just part of having a job imo. We have an entire customer support department just to do it with customers.
Lawyers and judges often are just fucking lazy assholes.
any advice from someone more experienced & knowledgeable would be much appreciated
If only there was some professional that could provide such legal knowledge and experience
The courts tried to appoint me a public pretender again while I was incarcerated, I declined
🤦
any advice from someone more experienced & knowledgeable would be much appreciated
Stop! You've violated the law! Pay the court a fine or serve your sentence.
Okay I know what to do from here.
First, reverse pickpocket poison apples into all of the guards inventories, then hang out in their barracks until they all eat poisoned apples, once the guards all die steal their stuff and sell it to the town merchants. Now not only are you richer, but the town's guards can't arrest you on account of being dead.
The best part is that when the guards eventually respawn they keep the poisoned status and will quickly die again, with a new loadout of guard equipment!
No, no, no. I don’t want that kind of advice. Tell me the secret to not having to deal with any of this and getting a bunch of money for free.
The sad thing is that even after going to jail, being evaluated to make sure he’s not out of his gourd, AND being shown a fair amount of leniency for his bullshit, he’s not going to learn a goddamn thing. What would be a wake up call for people not in a cult has just sent him straight back to the cult to ask for help in escalating even further.
What’s kind of fascinating to me is that sovereign citizens seem to consistently believe that if their bullshit doesn’t work then it’s their fault for not doing the correct incantation. Like judges are the fey.
The law is magic to them.
They don't understand it, but they have been told that certain spells can grant immunity.
When the spell does not work, it is not because they have been sold a load of shit by a grifter, they just didn't do it right.
These idiots genuinely believe that there are magic words which they can incant to get what they want.
Just, wak into the wilderness and die please.
magic words which they can incant to get what they want.
They see it every day. It is unfair that they can't do the same as people like Trump.
Hmm, interesting tautology: they think everyone else is as gullible as they are without realising how gullible the are.
The thing is, there are "magic" words that they can "incant" to get more or less of what they want. The legal system is filled with obscure rules of evidence, arcane procedures, hidden precedents, and so on.
Trump is a high-profile defendant with lawyers who are presumably expensive, but he ended up with a bench trial rather than the jury trial he wanted because his lawyers forgot to / didn't know to request a jury trial. Alina Habba is a lawyer who knows a lot of the "magic incantations". But, according to lawyers watching the trial, she's pretty much incompetent. She's using the wrong legal incantations, or missing the opportunity to use the right ones. But, trial watchers who aren't lawyers will watch it and not know what it is she's doing wrong.
Add to that the idea that what the sovereign citizens want seems reasonable to them. Like, why should you need a license if you're a safe driver? If you're not a safe driver, then arrest you for that.
Since this idea seems reasonable to them, it makes sense to them that if you can use the right legal incantation, you can get the "fair" result. The underlying premise of the sovereign citizen movement seems to be that you can get a "fair" result at trial if you know the magic words. Fundamentally, that means that they believe in the fairness of the legal system (you just have to know the magic words).
Now, most people know how ridiculous that is. The legal system has never been fair. We're all subject to laws we never agreed to. Laws are often enforced in unfair ways. We know that it's not "magic incantations", but skilled lawyers finding and using loopholes in the laws. And, lobbyists bribing lawmakers to insert loopholes for their rich clients.
But, who are sovereign citizens? They're almost always white, male, blue-collar, over 50, etc. The system used to be slanted in their favour. So, now, when they're on a more even footing with other people it all feels so unfair.
They're wrong but at least they actually mean it when they say fuck the system
I mean, their bullshit isn't worse than the system's bullshit. The only difference is the system's bullshit is actually real, with life-destroying consequences, as the top post on this site testifies today.
Would you care to LINK TO the post in question, or just have us guess what was popular the minute you wrote your reply?
The system's bullshit only seems more real because there are people who will punish us for not going along with it
Wouldn't the "natural man" be the prosecutor?
Does this sub post anything that ISN'T sovereign citizens?
I keep seeing it pop up with this one specific subset of insane people. It's always the same old shit. It's not interesting. Posts from last week see all the same stuff...
Shouldn't this sub be called "SovCitAreRetarded" or something similar instead?
7 month old account that has created zero posts but it upset with what others have posted. (nothing wrong with just commenting if that is your thing but also complaining about the content others provide? Not so much)
Twp Options:
Post the content you want to see.
Block the community.
Problem solved.
We’ve been over this in other posts, but everyone here is quite enjoying these and have encouraged OP to continue regaling us with the sovcit nonsense.
You’re welcome to post other stuff if you want to add more content in.
