Sovereign citizens reject government legitimacy above the county level, have alternative understandings of the U.S. Constitution, and believe that a corporate form of government has been imposed by corrupt bankers. Many sovereigns also believe that when the U.S. government abandoned the gold standard in 1933, it used its citizens as collateral to secure national debts and enter into international trade agreements, setting up a treasury account in each citizen’s name with a balance representing the monetary net worth of the individual.
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