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I'm going to regret asking this, but here goes:

Some of the people on my feed appear to be members of the Sovereign Citizen movement. They usually propagate a theory that there were circumstances under which their country serruptitiously shifted from common law to Admiralty (maritime law), which is where they derive all their language about boarding and vessels and "traveling" vs driving, etc...

So these multiple countries all conspiratorially shifted to maritime law at some point in their history -- what is the common strategy by which they did it and what evidence does the SC movement have that this happened?

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OceanSlim 2y ago

"Sovereign Citizens" come off as incredibly childish and self centered IMHO.

Rich Nost 2y ago

I think most of them come off as harmless cranks who don't really get too concerned about facts when it comes to tucking themselves into a rich, alternate realities

Rich Nost 2y ago

I do think it is fascinating when people can exploit assumptions of good faith and sanity in the legal system to the point that they can jam up even the most basic procedure. Craig Wright is another example of this.

OceanSlim 2y ago

Yea this is a good way to put it.

freeborn | ἐλεύθερος | 8r0gwg 2y ago

I've seen a lot of this, too. Also curious.

deeznuts 2y ago

They don’t see the forest for the trees. In reality government is merely a religion. The most dangerous religion.

https://archive.org/details/statism-the-most-dangerous-religion-feat.-larken-rose