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[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What does Christian identity have to do with sovereign citizens? Link is broken for me.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I'm sorry! The idea was born out of the Christian Identity movement in the 1970s as part of the Posse Comitatus, a far right anti government movement who claimed that debt and taxes were an example of Jewish control over the state. Here is an article; https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/1998/hate-group-expert-daniel-levitas-discusses-posse-comitatus-christian-identity-movement-and