• catonwheels@ttrpg.network
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    11 months ago

    I disagree it makes sense in a just but crazy world view.

    How many times have you not heard a rich person got Scot free? Or how they seems to get so many benefits that you and I don’t get.

    It always seems to involved with lawyers. A group of people that using very specific language.

    Maybe they bake in loopholes were you can say a specific phrase. That the rich can just walk free by uttering them but you don’t and end up in prison?

    • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Thats the thing. Sovereign Citizen stuff starts out sane.

      Sane: Naval courts have a weird flags.

      Insane: therefore a weird flag means a you are in a naval court

      Sane: running a corporation can shield you from civil liabilities. If the corporation gets sued there is a lot less of a chance your life will be ruined.

      Insane: I can do whatever I want by calling myself a corporation.

      Sane: during the chaos that was the early days of the FDR first administration some accountant decided that everyone just has a sum of money for being born and the government was managing it for them.

      Insane: you can tap into this temporary accounting trick from a century ago and get lots of free money.

      Sane: lots of laws really do depend on everyone just agreeing what a word means. If a lawyer can shift the meaning slightly unexpected results can occur, on rare occasion.

      Insane: I can drive as fast as I want as long as I say I am traveling not driving

      Sane: depressingly the wealthy and powerful are often shielded from the results of their actions to an extent

      Insane: I can do what I want as long as I pay off a judge.