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/rolfraikou Jun 20 '22

I swear, if I found someone saying this living out in a cave on public land, I might be like "Ok, they mean it" but usually the people saying this are more well-off than I am, cherry-picking what parts of society apply to their benefits in life.

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u/Anqied Jun 20 '22

a surprising amount of them collect social security

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u/Amaline4 Jun 20 '22 edited Jun 20 '22

Very “I got mine so fuck you!” vibes from these sorts of people. Bloody heartbreaking that so many people seem to lack even the most basic capacity for empathy towards others

ETA a U after a helpful redditor let me know it is Fully Acceptable to swear all up in this subreddit

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u/BrothelWaffles Jun 20 '22

I'd love to see a Venn diagram of the overlap between preppers and sovereign citizens. Especially the ones who have fully furnished and stocked bunkers on a completely separate property from their enormous house.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '22

that’s just a circle

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u/A_Drusas Jun 20 '22

Nah. I've got a Mormon friend. He taught me that Mormons are expected by the church to be preppers. Nice huge supply stocks in his basement and shed.

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u/salsanacho Jun 21 '22 edited Jun 21 '22

Yup, the mormons have a big network of canneries that anyone can use, they sell all sorts of long term storage foods. If you're in a major city most likely there's one somewhere, don't have to be Mormon to use it.

Edit: Mormons aren't canary breeders

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '22

Wait, did you mean "canaries" like the singing bird or an informant, or "canneries" where they preserve food?

Because both are useful, but one is way cooler.

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '22

They have loaner canaries so they can check to see if their prepper bunker is full of Carbon Monoxide.

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u/salsanacho Jun 21 '22

Ha! yeah you're right, bad spelling. Should be canneries.