Are these things psyops? It comes off as a form of cargo cult. They see that lawyers use words, so they try to figure out the all powerful series of words that will force the government to bow to them.
Even if these sovereign citizen types were right about everything, it doesn't matter if the people arresting you call themselves a corporation or a government; you are still going to jail. The important thing is whether power resides with your friends or your enemies.
These arguments appeal to certain generations of people who strongly believe in the rule of law and governmental institutions being neutral actors which simply enforce the law without fear or favor.
I listen to a lot of old Art Bell (F) episodes when I'm outside doing yard work, and the guys pushing these sort of theories are always very interested in Congressional Inquiries, because they think if the Truth comes out, the politicians will be forced to pass/repeal a law, and the bad guys will be foiled. Perhaps if we lived in the Mr. Smith Goes to Washington universe that's how things would work, but in our universe it isn't.
They also all really liked John McCain, which I think is hilarious. Went from the Talk Radio Right singing his praises to cheering his death over the course of 25 years.
I'm once again torn between malicious contempt that they deserve their fate and a burning desire for righteous vengence against those who did this to them.
Are these things psyops? It comes off as a form of cargo cult. They see that lawyers use words, so they try to figure out the all powerful series of words that will force the government to bow to them.
Even if these sovereign citizen types were right about everything, it doesn't matter if the people arresting you call themselves a corporation or a government; you are still going to jail. The important thing is whether power resides with your friends or your enemies.
These arguments appeal to certain generations of people who strongly believe in the rule of law and governmental institutions being neutral actors which simply enforce the law without fear or favor.
I listen to a lot of old Art Bell (F) episodes when I'm outside doing yard work, and the guys pushing these sort of theories are always very interested in Congressional Inquiries, because they think if the Truth comes out, the politicians will be forced to pass/repeal a law, and the bad guys will be foiled. Perhaps if we lived in the Mr. Smith Goes to Washington universe that's how things would work, but in our universe it isn't.
They also all really liked John McCain, which I think is hilarious. Went from the Talk Radio Right singing his praises to cheering his death over the course of 25 years.
I'm once again torn between malicious contempt that they deserve their fate and a burning desire for righteous vengence against those who did this to them.