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Sovereign citizen is confused. (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They think, and I am being serious, that the government has a secret bank account created in their name at birth worth 2 million dollars,

I have so many questions!

Someone told them they got $2m, they've never seen anyone officially acknowledge this, they've never seen any of their friends that believe the same thing produce anything close to proof this exist....and they believe this?

Why $2million? Why not $1million or $1billion?

If the government outlawed money, wouldn't the $2 million also be outlawed or at least worthless?

If they think the government outlawed money, what do they call all the currency we're carrying around and why do they even want it?

I don't expect you to have answers. I understand you're reporting the crazy, not a believer in it.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago

From this article: https://www.isdglobal.org/explainers/sovereign-citizens/

"Financial schemes Tax protest and financial schemes form an important part of Sovereign Citizens’ acts of resistance. One of such practices is known as the ‘redemption scheme’. It rests on the assumption that the U.S. government uses its citizens as collateral to pay off foreign debts.

According to this theory, the government uses people’s strawmen identities to set up secret trusts in their names that hold hundreds and thousands of dollars. Some Sovereign Citizens believe that by filing certain IRS forms or by signing bills and tax forms with notices like “Accepted for Value”, they can access and spend the money in their secret account. Other financial schemes include efforts aimed at evading state and federal income taxes, hiding assets or eliminating debts. Most of these activities are considered fraudulent and result in bank, tax or wire fraud charges. "

The 2 million part seems to be a randomly assigned number but it's what I see them claim again and again.

The rest of your questions I can't answer except to say sovcits sure do use money when it suits them.