There has to be some basis for people claiming that the laws of the land do not apply to them, but for the life of me, I can’t begin to understand it.
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my understanding of it is as “cargo cult lawyering”, the copying of the forms and styles of real legal stuff but without an understanding of the real functionality.
these people see criminals who are “clearly” guilty get off on a “techinicality”, or rich people with expensive lawyers who can say something profound in latin and the charges go away. And they want some of that, as well. they want to be able to say some magic words, and the charges go away
now, most of these people have neither the money (or, frankly, the ability) to pass the bar and become real lawyers, so they turn to other sources. and they find this sovcit stuff online.
its a load of weird jibberish, but a lot of it sounds *something* like the werid jibberish they keep seeing on Law an Order, clever loopholes that get people into or out of trouble. its not implausible to them.
All they have to do is say these magic words, and the charges go way
And they ask the people online “why have I never heard of this before?”, and the online people say “its because the government doesnt want you to know, so it can keep on bullying you”. And that makes a certain sort sense, so they believe it. And they learn the magic words.
then, some time down the line, they get into legal trouble. Some just live thier lives normally until they are forced by circumstance, others think they are now legally untouchable and start flouting laws, but either way, they end up in court. They say the magic words they learnt, the ones that make the charges go away….and reddit has another “lol sovcit” story.
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