• @[email protected]
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    182 months ago

    Millions of people are saddled with bills they can’t pay and an uncaring and complicated bureaucracy they struggle to navigate because of poor education, then they find a community of people claiming to have the solution to all of their problems. It doesn’t have to work, they just have to believe it does and they will rationalize away any sign that it doesn’t. The sovcit community gives them a feeling of autonomy and control they will not easily part with.

    • @BonesOfTheMoonOPM
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      132 months ago

      They’re very seldom a poverty problem. I never post the ones who are just trying to desperately find a solution. The ones I post are all hardcore anti government lunatics who want to get everything for free.

      • @[email protected]
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        52 months ago

        Those are just the most visible people due to their wealth and influence. For every rich sovcit there are probably a thousand in abject poverty. They live in rural areas, usually in mobile homes, and fly Gadsden flags. I’ve known several. Try working for an ISP as an installer or repairman and some might even take a few shots at you.

        • Flying Squid
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          42 months ago

          Aside from the Bundys, which are not there, those are all the biggest SovCit criminals cases, so it’s weird that you are just dismissing them like that.

          And I wouldn’t say a dentist or a military IT guy had wealth or influence.

          • @[email protected]
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            22 months ago

            The majority of sovcits aren’t getting into shootouts with police, those are extreme examples. Most of them are just people trying to get out of paying debt.

            • Flying Squid
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              22 months ago

              Someone recently said something to me about needing to show hard data. Trying to remember who that was…

              If only I could remember who that was…

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                Sovcits are almost certainly under studied, but if I took enough time I’m sure I could find some research showing that less educated people are more likely to fall for scams.

                Be right back…

                Edit: Here you go