Sovereign Citizen Is An Oxymoron
The designation "Sovereign Citizen" is fundamentally an oxymoron and a contradiction in terms.
This contradiction exists because sovereignty and state-issued citizenship are mutually exclusive concepts. One cannot genuinely hold both statuses simultaneously.
The core reasons why "Sovereign Citizen" cannot apply are rooted in the legal structure governing modern jurisdictions:
1. Governing Legal Construct: The conflict is enforced under the maritime legal construct that governs modern jurisdictions. Under this specific legal framework, citizenship issued by the state is incompatible with personal sovereignty.
2. Waiving Sovereignty through Compliance: The current system operates as a "maze of consent" where individuals are constantly invited to waive their sovereignty. This process requires only compliance, not awareness. Being a "citizen" implies submission to this system of compliance and consent, which runs counter to the definition of sovereignty as divine self-governance. Examples of this ongoing waiver include the birth certificate (viewed as a corporate title) and the use of one's name in ALL CAPS (a legal fiction).
3. Existence of Alternatives: The existence of legitimate legal alternatives, such as American National (registered in the American National Registry) and Secured Party Creditor, demonstrates that options exist to define a legal standing that reflects sovereignty. These statuses confirm that conventional citizenship is not the only option, reinforcing that the "Sovereign Citizen" designation is conceptually flawed.
Because of this fundamental incompatibility, the term "Sovereign Citizen" "can not apply". Furthermore, arguing or "pushing a status of being a sovereign citizen in any legal interaction will surely only dig a deeper hole, by design," because legal authorities are often not properly educated on the difference.
