I’ve seen YT vids and FB posts about them, but I still don’t understand. What are they trying to accomplish?
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They are people with a severe misunderstanding of basically everything related to law, and believe they’ve found a sort of “cheat code” that makes them immune to being held to any legal consequence by claiming they are not subject to the laws of where they live (usually in the US) because they are self-governing (sovereign) citizens of the world.
For a true ELI5: It’s like the kid on the playground who believes that if he plugs his ears and yells “LALALALAA” really loud so he doesn’t hear the bell or the teacher announcing the end of recess, here’s therefore allowed to continue playing as long as he likes.
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