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Sovereign citizens are concerned with the legal framework of society. They believe all people are born free with rights — but that these natural rights are being constrained by corporations (and they see governments as artificial corporations). They believe citizens are in an oppressive contract with the government.
Who are the sovereign citizens, or SovCits, and why do they believe they have immunity from the law? Kaz Ross 2025
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In the US, suspects of violent crimes - including a man accused of beheading his landlord in a rent dispute last week - have claimed to be immune from prosecution as sovereign citizens.
bilby commented on the word sovereign citizen
A politish term for an anti-authoritarian 'pro rights' individual who rejects the concept of any government dominion.
November 30, 2015
bilby commented on the word sovereign citizen
I could have just said conspiracy-totin' gun dork I guess.
November 30, 2015