Interesting. I know in the US they are closely tied to white supremacists, though there’s been some branching out.
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Nath@aussie.zone 4 days agoWe may have actually exported it to the rest of the world! In 1970, we had the Hutt River Province secede from the nation of Australia. To be fair to old Prince Leonard - he had valid grievances and was not just a nutter. The Australian Government was imposing wheat quotas on him when he was just about to harvest, and frankly didn’t exactly offer him much in the way of services.
According to my 2-minutes of Wikipedia research (which makes me an expert on this topic, don’t you know?), the Soverign Citizen Movement appeared in the USA in the “early 1970’s”. Which sounds to me like it may have drawn inspiration from the waves that Prince Leonard was making in Western Australia.
Letstakealook@lemm.ee 4 days ago
TimePencil@infosec.exchange 4 days ago
@Nath
Some more "research" materials regarding unrecognised "micronations":
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micronation
As usual, Australia punches above its weight in this regard...
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