• Maple Engineer@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I watch court videos on YouTube. It seems that many judges are cluing in to the best methods to respond to the sovereign citizen nonsense. If you’re, “the authorized representative of [name]” then [name] has failed to appear and they issue a bench warrant, have the person thrown in jail until they can be positively identified. I’ve seen judges throw them in jail for up to 30 days for contempt for refusing to answer basic questions and I’ve seen judges withdraw their permission to represent themselves because they keep saying that they “don’t understand” anything that’s going on. You can’t represent yourself if you don’t understand.

    I love this judge.

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    4 months ago

    Why would they try to get a document notarized by the state if they don’t believe in the validity of the state?

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      4 months ago

      This isn’t a gotcha to them. They do believe in the power of the state, as far as it regulates normies. They see that extremely wealthy people are above the law, and assume they got that way via secret magic spells rather than starting with wealth and privilege.

      The sovcit stuff is a cargo cult trying to reverse engineer the magic spells, for people who lack the analytical ability to understand the source of the inequality of today’s society.

      • Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee
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        4 months ago

        It’s possible, but children are much smarter than most people give them credit for. They’re most likely aware their parent is a nutter, and none of their nonsense is working for them.

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    4 months ago

    It seems like there are enough of these people that a unscrupulous lawyer could really fill the niche and make a lot of money. “Yes, just sign over power of attorney to me and I can represent your strawman to sever that from your court appearance.”