• Hairyblue
    link
    fedilink
    22010 months ago

    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 (he/him)
      link
      fedilink
      16110 months ago

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

      • @SkyezOpen
        link
        10010 months ago

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

        • @Blue_Morpho
          link
          5610 months ago

          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
            link
            3110 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.

            • @[email protected]
              link
              fedilink
              29 months ago

              Isn’t bird poop acidic? Wouldn’t that fuck up your house? Other than that I would love a murder of crows just chilling by me.

          • @7u5k3n
            link
            2610 months ago

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

            • enkers
              link
              fedilink
              1310 months ago

              Well at least he got 7 upvotes for his troubles. It’s not much, but it’s something.

              • @7u5k3n
                link
                710 months ago

                And that’s all that matters… that orange arrow. Lol

          • WashedOver
            link
            fedilink
            1010 months ago

            This seems to fall into the no good deed shall go unpunished…

          • Kitty Jynx
            link
            810 months ago

            Put a dollar bill with the next pack of fruit and nuts and see if they will start bringing you cash.

            • Herbal Gamer
              link
              fedilink
              210 months ago

              Maybe something cheap but shiny and see if they come with jewellery?

      • @Mikey4021
        link
        16
        edit-2
        10 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.

        • SonnyVabitch
          link
          6
          edit-2
          10 months ago

          Corvids are the shit man! We’re one opposable feather away from becoming the number two most dominant species on the planet.

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      7110 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
      link
      2910 months ago

      I mean, you’re also describing the ultra wealthy

      • @iAvicenna
        link
        1010 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

      • @Coreidan
        link
        English
        6
        edit-2
        10 months ago

        And? We all know the wealthy are leeches and bad for society.

    • 🐑🇸 🇭 🇪 🇪 🇵 🇱 🇪🐑
      link
      English
      910 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).

    • @tpihkal
      link
      310 months ago

      Strange way to spell shoplifters.

        • @PrettyLights
          link
          310 months ago

          Disagree, shoplifting has become an organized crime ring in many cases.

          I’m not gonna sound the alarm over people stealing basic necessities, but I’m constantly seeing people running out of local stores with carts full of electronics, makeup, and other resale items.

          • @Daveyborn
            link
            English
            410 months ago

            I saw a very desperate looking man shoving cans of beans down his pants way back in the day, I saw nothing.

        • @tpihkal
          link
          -410 months ago

          If you’ve chosen to steal from someone else, you’ve failed yourself.

          Source: experience.

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      -4510 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.

  • @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    13810 months ago

    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
      link
      6810 months ago

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

      • @Dultas
        link
        1210 months ago

        And cargo cults.

      • @Fedizen
        link
        1110 months ago

        “You’re a sovereign citizen, Harry”

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      -6510 months ago

      Yknow, I kinda hate this smugness about people who just are really awful sick of the constant degradation of rights. Let him have his meters. let him do his own thing. Just shut the power off at the property line. It’s all made up bullshit on paper anyways, everyone else just subscribes to the popular model.

      • @Holyginz
        link
        410 months ago

        Except that’s not how things work. Nobody is say the way it works is good. But living in your own world and pretending things work differently doesn’t make it so and there are consequences.

            • @[email protected]
              link
              fedilink
              -34
              edit-2
              10 months ago

              What’s it like, outright admitting you don’t want people left alone? Literally admitting you’re into fascism and forced compliance over non issues, because it makes you feel better about your complete lack of spine? Sovereign citizens are dumb, but your type, you’re weak, whiny, mad someone wants to leave the herd, cheering those that go to prevent it. Like a fucking cow.

  • Willie
    link
    fedilink
    7610 months ago

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

  • @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    4310 months ago

    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

      • @[email protected]
        link
        fedilink
        -110 months ago

        Kinda, could definitely be a thing. For me it would be to have an official archived record of my stance versus society by appearing before a judge.

        I am not doging taxes, have no intention for personal gain and my free independent will seems to be mostly if not almost entirely according to the most common laws. But there is still systematic harm baked into law and for me it invalidates it from having any value or meaning.

        If people can logically reason why i would be in the wrong with something i gladly take the punishment to learn to better myself. But just because the holy book 2.0 says so? Fuck that, I’d radicalize myself Further in prison then pay a small fine i believe to be undeserved.

        The sovereign people in the post of this place seem To have no backbone or considered that actions has consequences and to fight injustice is to sacrifice oneself.

        Its kinda sad i couldn’t have a proper discussion about this earlier. I am openly asking to be challenged using logical reasoning on why i should comply with systematic pointless harm. But i expect this comment too will be downvoted in silence.

      • @[email protected]
        link
        fedilink
        -110 months ago

        Kinda, could definitely be a thing. For me it would be to have an official archived record of my stance versus society by appearing before a judge.

        I am not doging taxes, have no intention for personal gain and my free independent will seems to be mostly if not almost entirely according to the most common laws. But there is still systematic harm baked into law and for me it invalidates it from having any value or meaning.

        If people can logically reason why i would be in the wrong with something i gladly take the punishment to learn to better myself. But just because the holy book 2.0 says so? Fuck that, I’d radicalize myself Further in prison then pay a small fine i believe to be undeserved.

        The sovereign people in the post of this place seem To have no backbone or considered that actions has consequences and to fight injustice is to sacrifice oneself.

        Its kinda sad i couldn’t have a proper discussion about this earlier. I am openly asking to be challenged using logical reasoning on why i should comply with systematic pointless harm. But i expect this comment too will be downvoted in silence.

        • @MsPenguinette
          link
          19 months ago

          The logic is that government and laws are backed up with the threat of violence. Unless you can beat them with violence, then you have to play within their rules.

          At least they have a system of rules you can play within. Think of a place like North Korea. Being a sovereign there isn’t going to get you anywhere but dead.

          There are no such things as rights. They are theoretical. Rights are just rules that those with power decided to let you have. Best we can do is try as a collective to make sure that laws provide more good than harm.

          So it comes down to what matters more to you: Being right or being free as possible from violence

          • @[email protected]
            link
            fedilink
            1
            edit-2
            9 months ago

            I understand there are many things way worse then what we have now and in many ways i consider myself fortunate to have the life i have.

            “laws are backed up with the threat of violence”

            As a pacifist how do i even respond with how much issue i take with that. The word “treat” alone. I do not function like that.

            I do make an exception for defensive violence, maybe some other like survival or accidental types of violence, but other than that any use of violent force makes me unwilling to belong to the same group, especially if its systematic, makes me firmly against them.

            To me it barely sounds different then sure we sacrifice a newborn now and then but its all in the name of safety you see the gods be mad otherwise.

            While i have found a way to be both a member of society (my job provides free healthcare to children) ideology wise i fully resist any oppressive system.

            You’re right about rights, though this is a matter of perception. To me rights aren’t something that are given, but things that no one can take from you without being morally incorrect. For example as a living being you require food to survive, to deny you food is to commit an act of evil. So the way i see it you have a right to food. As nuance i’ll add that personally no one is really obligation to respect anyones rights or to be good. But as a social creature most surely understand the value of mutual respect and community.

            So the lesser evil is still evil, we can and must do better, move forward as a species.

  • @friend_of_satan
    link
    English
    3810 months ago

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

  • @RampantParanoia2365
    link
    3510 months ago

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

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      2110 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.

    • @TheDoozer
      link
      16
      edit-2
      10 months ago

      Some states still require you to be on the grid, and pay a connection/distribution fee, even if you are providing more energy than you’re using.

      When I was looking into installing solar when I lived in New Jersey, they said we weren’t allowed to have a home battery system to store the solar power, either, due to the potential danger of utility workers on downed lines from unexpected loads (somebody should introduce New Jersey to the magic of diodes).

      • @[email protected]
        link
        fedilink
        2110 months ago

        somebody should introduce New Jersey to the magic of diodes

        That’s not how that works, there’s not really any way to ensure one way flow with an AC system.

        • @TheDoozer
          link
          610 months ago

          Fair enough, good point.

          But there are plenty of failsafe options that could secure power from the house if no power is coming to the house.

          • @[email protected]
            link
            fedilink
            610 months ago

            Definitely, you can get changeover switches that will isolate you from the grid so you can run a generator etc.

          • Tar_Alcaran
            link
            fedilink
            310 months ago

            Basically every transformer for solar power or s home battery already does this. You need to shop around for one that doesn’t.

        • @lemmefixdat4u
          link
          510 months ago

          It’s actually straightforward to ensure “one way” flow of power. That’s what “islanding” circuits do. They isolate your home when the public utility lines go down by triggering a device that is essentially an electrically controlled switch. It’s a unit that connects between your home and the utility company so you can continue to use your solar power/batteries when the public utility is out. If you don’t have islanding, the solar inverter cuts off the panels when utilities go down. Both protect workers from encountering lines energized by homes.

        • Uranium3006
          link
          fedilink
          510 months ago

          You can just have a system to mechanically disconnect the system from the grid during an outage. This clearly isn’t a Problem in other States

    • ThenThreeMore
      link
      fedilink
      English
      510 months ago

      This looks like it’s the UK, so I really doubt they’d be able to get enough power from solar to cover all their needs without having to take out a mortgage.

    • WashedOver
      link
      fedilink
      210 months ago

      I would agree but I have seen in some areas of the US you must be connected to the grid. There is no disconnecting from it as it’s illegal.

      Some say this exists to block solar but I think these rules predate solar and are more about the health and safety issues as a home without electricity generally requires a lot more work to upkeep with a lack of hot water and lighting, not to mention cooking.

      As much as many of us like camping, having a camp fire in your front yard to cook from and boil water with daily might ruin the aesthetics of the neighborhood.

  • ivanafterall
    link
    fedilink
    2210 months ago

    Does anyone know what they’re changing the meter to? That’s a risky/difficult process, isn’t it?

    • @perviouslyiner
      link
      28
      edit-2
      10 months ago

      This sounds very British so it is almost certainly a “smart meter” that E.ON are installing (which transmits usage data, and can be cut off or set to pre-pay remotely)

      • WashedOver
        link
        fedilink
        610 months ago

        Canadian too, well at least British Columbia. There was a big drive a few years back to modernize the meters and some of what I suspect are the types that became 5G kills you groups fought long and hard to block these new meters being swapped in.

        Something about radio waves and then not being accurate. I don’t think these people in this group were trying to steal hydro but more on some health grounds kick to block these new devices from being deployed. I think individual home owners can refuse the new meters much like people can refuse spraying on their road side properties.

        In the end as a business person I suspect they served a few purposes for real time accuracy of data collection on the status of demand and the health of the grid, and eliminating the need to send out meter readers to manually read a odometer on a old style mechanical meter.

        Unlike others I don’t think they were in the Bill Gates lane of trying to microchip you with vaccines to control you and identify a person as well as your cellphone does.

        • zout
          link
          fedilink
          1010 months ago

          About the blocking attempts reagarding accuracy; here in the Netherlands the older analog meters could only measure real power. The reasoning is that the new smart meters don’t do this, but instead measure in another way, causing consumers to also pay for reactive power. In reality, this isn’t true, but the urban legend is strong.

        • @Kiernian
          link
          410 months ago

          There was a big drive a few years back to modernize the meters and some of what I suspect are the types that became 5G kills you groups fought long and hard to block these new meters being swapped in.

          The kicker is that it’s HIGHLY unlikely that those meters were 5G.

          It’s muuuuch cheaper to get a CAT1 LTE radio module and go 4G WITH the added benefit that 4G has better distance/signal/etc than 5G does at a trade-off of a lower speed.

          Where I am in the midwestern U.S., those meters are typically in people’s BASEMENTS.

          5G would be a a combination of massive overkill for a few megabytes of data a MONTH and non-starter for connectivity reasons because getting bars to a tower through several feet of earth and cinder block is notably harder in the 30gHz+ frequency range when compared to the ~6gHz of 4G (or the 850mHz-2.1gHz of 3G).

          These things are streaming text files full of usage data numbers. Netflix-capable connections are wholly unnecessary. Your old 2006 motorola razr flip phone could handle the data these meters are putting out without breaking a sweat.

      • @Nastybutler
        link
        310 months ago

        Don’t worry. He’s got a meter guy who does it for him

    • DefiantBidet
      link
      English
      410 months ago

      Could literally be the meter part if the unit which can be removed and replaced in less than 30s. Push plastic clips, pops off dead meter attach new one. Company now has a more accurate, allegedly, meter on their property you agree to maintain when you buy the house.

      • @DoomBot5
        link
        English
        1510 months ago

        Company now has a more accurate, allegedly, meter on their property you agree to maintain when you buy the house.

        Huh? Since when does the landlord agree to maintain the meters? Those have always been the respective company’s property that they must maintain. All you have to do is make sure they’re accessible.

  • @[email protected]
    link
    fedilink
    410 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.