• Boozilla@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1521·
    10 months ago

    Railing against corporations is cool. Not understanding the difference between a right and a licensed privilege is not.

  • Varyk@sh.itjust.works
    111·
    10 months ago

    “Thank you, sir, I understand. Unfortunately, this is a US road and as a visiting alien, you are not allowed to operate your vehicle on it.”

    • Signtist
      49·
      10 months ago

      The issue is that they don’t believe the US government is legitimate. From what I’ve gathered, they think that the real US is theirs by right, and that the entity that we know of as the government is essentially a parasitic corporation that has convinced everyone it’s the real governing body so that we fund it with our taxes. Though, even if you had a logical explanation within the confines of their worldview as to why they can’t drive without a license, they’d still pretend they had some excuse not to listen to it.

      • Scubus@sh.itjust.works
        26·
        10 months ago

        1. US govt not real

        2. Convince people to pay taxes to fake government

        3. Fake govt has the ability to enforce laws

        4. Therefore becomes actual govt

        5. 🤔

        6. Real govt

        • PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works
          37·
          10 months ago

          All governments are invalid monopolies on violence.

          But they’re still a monopoly on violence. Thinking magic words will save you is insanity.

      • thecrotch@sh.itjust.works
        121·
        10 months ago

        the entity that we know of as the government is essentially a parasitic corporation

        So they’re not entirely wrong

        • Signtist
          24·
          10 months ago

          Correct, but the difference is that it’s legitimate AND parasitic. So we can’t just ignore it like they want to.

      • nieceandtows@programming.dev
        9·
        10 months ago

        Okay, but they’re still driving on the property of that parasitic corporation. Since they didn’t contribute any taxes towards building it, they don’t have any rights on that road.

        • Signtist
          8·
          10 months ago

          Well they believe it’s parasitic in that the US somehow funds the roads, while the parasitic government company doesn’t. It’s not true, but they don’t believe the government does literally anything but take the people’s money.

          • bitwaba@lemmy.world
            5·
            10 months ago

            Where does the legitimate government get the money to build roads if the illegitimate government is intercepting all of it from the god fearing citizens that have been paying out of their pocket for decades?

            • Signtist
              6·
              10 months ago

              If it made sense it wouldn’t be a conspiracy theory. All it takes is one guy claiming some private good-guy billionaire has been funding the real US this whole time and they’d eat it up, throwing it at anyone who doubts them as if it’s some undeniable fact.

        • WarmSoda
          3·
          10 months ago

          Even the SCP works with various government branches though.

      • mindbleach@sh.itjust.works
        4·
        10 months ago

        The issue is they’ll make up whatever mouth noises let them do what they want.

        Saying they have beliefs is a category error.

        • Signtist
          4·
          10 months ago

          I think it’s both, which is the root of the problem; they’ll make something up, then believe it wholeheartedly. There’s nothing you can do to argue against someone like that.

  • ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    62·
    10 months ago

    Just arrived in the mail, that government setup, so you can prove to the government that you aren’t part of their system, using their system…

  • Lifecoach5000@lemmy.worldMEnglish
    501·
    10 months ago

    Isn’t it funny how anti-corporate they are while actively posting on a corporate owned website?

  • CodeName@infosec.pub
    42·
    10 months ago

    Uh, what exactly is the purpose of the leet-speak letter/number substitutions? Is it to blend in with the other license plates so the cops won’t notice? Is there some wacky sov-cit “logic” going on here? Does it just look cool?

    Also: “2nd Edition” gave me a hearty chuckle.

    • mmazikinn
      12·
      10 months ago

      sovereign citizens and logic very rarely come hand in hand

    • pete_the_cat@lemmy.worldEnglish
      91·
      10 months ago

      Probably because “Private” was already taken, but that’s assuming that all of these “license plates” are stored in some central database, which I doubt is the case.

      • DoomBot5@lemmy.worldEnglish
        171·
        10 months ago

        A good email filter and low expectations of customer support make it easy. They’re also idiots when it comes to the law, so a cheap lawyer can take care of that part.

        • HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world
          1·
          10 months ago

          I read this as now also adding in dealing with a lawyer no thanks. But someone with higher tolerance definitely should.

          • DoomBot5@lemmy.worldEnglish
            31·
            10 months ago

            To be fair, if you run any kind of business, high chance you’ll need to talk to a lawyer.

    • Stupidmanager@lemmy.worldEnglish
      32·
      10 months ago

      I mean, that is basically Capitalism. Selling a product that serves no real purpose but has demand and makes you a lot of money. Can you personally just ignore the fact this is utter shit? but you make a few dollars?

  • mojofrododojo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    25·
    10 months ago

    Oh yeah that won’t attract attention at ALL.

    Once again, some dumbass gonna get shot doing this shit.

    • IphtashuFitz@lemmy.worldEnglish
      51·
      10 months ago

      Sure, it’s legal to sell them. For all the seller knows you’re just hanging them on the wall of your man cave or using them for target practice. The seller could even cover his ass with a disclaimer not to put them in a car.

      It’s the moron that actually uses them on a car that’s violating the law.

        • Psythik@lemmy.world
          2·
          10 months ago

          Is that still a thing? The smoke shops in my area have been mask off for over a decade and a half now. A bong is just a bong.

          • pete_the_cat@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            9 months ago

            I’m assuming it is in the more conservative/restrictive states, iced lived in NJ, NYC and now Florida and in the first two it’s been legalized recreationally for the past 2 or so years.

            • Psythik@lemmy.world
              2·
              9 months ago

              I mean I’d call AZ a conservative state as well (at least up until the last couple of years), but I guess we’re special. Hell, we don’t even have non-stop school shootings like all the other red states do, despite the lax gun laws. It’s really weird.