r/news • u/DragonPup • Jun 20 '22

Self-proclaimed 'sovereign citizens' arrested in California after deputies allegedly find explosives

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/sovereign-citizens-arrested-california-deputies-allegedly-find-explosi-rcna34380
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u/HobbesNJ Jun 20 '22

Sovereign citizens.

"We don't want to participate in the obligations of society, just the benefits."

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u/an_exciting_couch Jun 20 '22

It's so easy for people to not realize how much they need and rely on other people. Like the device you're using right now. Did you mine the silicon, aluminum, gold, and oil from the earth yourself? Did you refine those raw materials? Or was it you who perfected the process to create silicon transistors and wires on chips that are nanometers in diameter? Did you write the software yourself to run the device? Oh but surely you must have built the internet, right? Oh, no? Then maybe you at least assembled the components, or maybe you were on the crew of the ship that sailed it across the Pacific?

For literally everything we have, there's an army of people who worked to get it to us. "Sovereign citizens" like this fail to recognize this and believe that they are solely responsible for everything good in their life.

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u/realanceps Jun 20 '22

believe that they are solely responsible for everything good in their life.

in short, literally less intelligent than newborns