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Sovereign citizen changed their gas and electricity meters, that didn't go over so well. (lemmy.world)
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[–] Hairyblue@kbin.social 4 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Sovereign Citizens are crazy. Who thinks they can live in our society, use the things our taxes built, steal from companies, not follow the rules and laws our society made and just say they are special and get to do it. These people want to be leeches. How about pay your taxes, pay for products and services you use, follow the laws and join the society. We all must live together and there are rules.

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Weird how this rant also fits super rich people, politicians, crows and babies

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, fuckin freeloading babies. Crows repay kindness with shiny things though, so I'd take them off the list.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

During the snow storm a couple weeks ago, I put a pack of walnuts and dried fruit out for the 3 crows that are always in my yard. The next day they were staring in the window at me so I put another pack out.

That afternoon around 100 crows were on my house pooping on everything. A week later my driveway and deck still have a solid covering of poop that the rain hasn't been able to wash away.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Keep feeding them and you'll have a loyal army of crows, and that's more than worth the cost of peanuts and a power washer.

[–] 7u5k3n@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

You're a good human. But no good deed goes in punished.

[–] Mikey4021@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It does, except rich people just pay this stuff cos it is negligible. They avoid consiquences by throwing money at their issues in the form of lawyers. (Or just money presented by lawyers).

These poor people have been conned into thinking that the law doesnt apply to them or worse still there is some super secret underground law that only the elite know. Truth is, in civil law with enough money and time there are no consequences because your oponant cant afford to keep fighting, and if they can by the time there is consiquences youve made so much you dont give a fuck.

[–] MrSpArkle@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago

This is basically the core of Republican ideology. Living off of the benefits of society while claiming to be 100% self made and then destroying the underpinning of that social fabric because it “isn’t needed”.

[–] quams69@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I mean, you're also describing the ultra wealthy

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

They are a bit different, the rich found out how to be leeches while still following the law (or making it seem like they do) whereas these guys are more like both leeching and shouting out loud that they are leeching

[–] Sheeple@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

On another note it's kind of nearly impossible to really at all decouple yourself from society. Even as a literal homeless person who is denied every single benefit of society you're subject to the poaching by tax agencies (I've been there. Imagine building up radio tax debt when you are literally live on the streets).

[–] TheOneAndOnly@lemm.ee -1 points 9 months ago

I can almost get it, when I watch the state and federal government take 30 percent or more of the money I earned, so they can give it to clowns like Trump and a Biden to do stupid shit that I don't agree with. And don't give me any, "be the change you want to see!", bullshit either. The fact of the matter is, if you've got the millions, you can do what you want, pay the fine, bribe the officials to look the other way, and generally be left the fuck alone. If you don't, and you've never been given the tools and/or opportunity to get out from under living paycheck to paycheck to survive, it's easy to understand the mental gymnastics necessary to believe in this shit. It's ignorant speak for, "leave me the fuck alone". Let me be clear that I fully understand and agree with the idea that this idiot wants to steal from a utility company... I'm just saying, if you don't have the ability, resources, or education to find a place where you can live "off the grid", looking for magical solutions isn't hard to understand.

Shit, Disney trained me to believe that all I need to do is wish upon a star...

Fucking stupid cricket.

[–] JungleJim@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

So this person thinks they found a loophole to steal gas and power, and all they have to do is an "I said so" spell, but that the people they're stealing from can't and won't just "I said so" spell right back? "How can I get these people and the cops to stop caring about my theft attempts?"

[–] ganksy@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Special words. Yup, basically the whole principle behind the sovcit movement.

[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

I would argue that the real special words behind the sov cits are "I'll just need your credit card number."

[–] Willie@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I like how they have a guy who changes the meters.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Imagine what that guy is like!

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I feel like if you're gonna go this hard on being a sovereign citizen, you might as well start actually learning and practicing law

[–] undercrust@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago

Is the logic that at least that way they can be formally disbarred?

[–] mateomaui@reddthat.com 2 points 9 months ago

so now I’m thinking what is the point

congrats, you’re getting there

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like going Solar would actually be a smart option for this person. Not that it isn't smart for anyone.

[–] holycrap@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

Oh but that would cost money to install. Why do that when you can just steal and spew some nonsense about "private" property.

[–] nothacking@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 9 months ago

Even if they kept the police off of their property, the power company would just disconnect the wires coming into their property. Even with the sovcit magic it wouldn't work.

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This person didn't learn anything from Native American vs European Settlers history.

[–] ratman150@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

I'd hate to live next to someone this deranged fucking with gas infrastructure.