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• sunzu@kbin.run ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Sure way to get some time in the hole haha

  When corruption is the process, no amount of good argument will win tho.

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• rottingleaf@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I’ve been called a sovereign citizen as an insult, though I’m just a voluntarist (not sure if ancap or generic anarchist), and that sometimes was past the point of me saying

  things like “Listen here you little shit”

  but I’ll admit “the society” wasn’t persuaded. Though sometimes it felt that possibly more than half of the people present agreed, but were confident that the majority doesn’t.

  It’s actually a very good propaganda strategy - even if most people disagree with you (as the bad guy), what’s important is that they believe that others agree and thus keep their heads down.

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  • sunzu@kbin.run ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I've been called a sovereign citizen

    Political operatives on socials use this as a smear when they can't counter with a reasonable, factual argument.

    "Ohh you don't wan to submit to some corpo/state's idiotic policy, what are you a sovereign citizen"

    No, just an adult person who pays taxes and has common sense

    I don't think these people are a "real" imho

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    • rottingleaf@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Some were standing before me, but TBH they likely had acquaintances working in one government embezzling money.

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