Technically, yes, they are. We all are, are we not? We're "sold" to the state when our parents inadvertently register our births. The birth certificate is the receipt of the sale...
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OK, by that definition, then no. None of my family are Chinese, nor do they live in any Chinese territory.
My question therefore is, if you own Tesla shares (for example), does that mean you are owned by America?
If your answer is yes, then, by your definition, my family is owned by China.
To be clear though, I don't agree with your definition.
If we were living in a dictatorship, perhaps you could consider yourselves owned by the state, but we don't (yet).
I do consider myself self sovereign, which means that the UK benefits from me being here, but doesn't own me.
Quite the opposite, I own them. I pay for the state to exist and it exists to serve me, as it does you.
But I am increasing my participation in the world by moving to the multi flag system.
https://www.schiffsovereign.com/lifestyle-design/multiple-flags-overview-1129/
I have been discussing it openly here and in my non dom 0xChat group.
This started out as a tax saving effort, but has since been replaced by a need to avoid the potential WW3, find a more Bitcoin friendly country, find warmer winter weather and lastly reduce my tax bill.
Perhaps your own Bitcoin self sovereignty will gradually align your views to mine, as your view of the world and government is very negative and enslaving.
I would not live a happy and fulfilling life if I thought as you do.
I meant it (my original statement) more tongue in cheek, as a bit of a rhetorical statement, like when Chomsky tells Andrew Marr that he wouldn't be sat there doing what he was doing if he hadn't already been selected as being subservient to the will of the state apparatus... lol
You may think you're self sovereign and that you own them, but good luck with that if they ever decide to come for you and you fall into the trap of identifying yourself to them using your FIRST LAST name... your consent was given away when your parents registered your birth and the only way to opt out now is to disavow your legal identity...
Apologies, I don’t follow the references you are using, I’ve never bothered much with the popular culture world.
Perhaps I am the state you are afraid of. If so, you have nothing to fear, I am, for now, benevolent 😂
Another observation.
If you win this argument, my life degrades, if I win this argument, your life improves.
So some feedback.
I’m not going to loose, but I may not win.
Explain to me why you are trying to win this argument?
I'm not afraid of the state. I probably have a genuine concern that good people do bad things because the state legitimises it.
We like to believe the illusion that we have private property and human rights, but ultimately it's all still just tribalism and they have all the guns lol
I don’t have guns, but I am the “they” that you refer to and I don’t think you appreciate how close to you being the “they” you are.
Enjoy your life, you are the state you are looking for 😁
So if I've read this correctly you're saying that you're a sovereign individual and you're also The Hierarchy Enslaving Yourself...
