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lilaliu

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6. No

Reply to bluestateguy (Original post)

Sat Oct 11, 2014, 04:42 AM

Oct 2014

I don't think so.

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Is there a left-wing equivalent of the sovereign citizen movement? [View all] bluestateguy Oct 2014 OP

Anarchists? Cayenne Oct 2014 #1

Anarchism is quite literally the domain of Koch's Libertarianism HereSince1628 Oct 2014 #12

Conflating anarchism and right libertarianism is wrong-headed. Comrade Grumpy Oct 2014 #22

Not doing that...Kochs want to eliminate taxes HereSince1628 Oct 2014 #24

Wow. An amazing fail. ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #28

I suppose for fundamentalists HereSince1628 Oct 2014 #30

That is not what the Koch brothers are pushing. ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #31

Yes, I'd say that anarchism is a concept with multiple definitions HereSince1628 Oct 2014 #34

"The Koch brothers and the Tea Party are not against government" YoungDemCA Oct 2014 #36

When I used to go to Drinking Liberally daredtowork Oct 2014 #32

Not exactly the same, but the Greens are left-libertarian. CJCRANE Oct 2014 #2

Too bad their rise splits the Democats daredtowork Oct 2014 #33

yes there are several leftwing sov groups JJMacNab Oct 2014 #3

What is left wing about the 'Freemen On the Land' movement in Canada? muriel_volestrangler Oct 2014 #9

There was a movement in the early 70s to go off the grid Warpy Oct 2014 #4

I still know someone who has troops of college kids spending cali Oct 2014 #7

This is what I was thinking. I and my daughter's family tried this for a while. Unfortunately it was jwirr Oct 2014 #16

Even people with successful mini farms Warpy Oct 2014 #17

Exactly. Plus we have found it is fun. Our family came by it naturally. My father who was a jwirr Oct 2014 #18

How do you define left-wing? JDPriestly Oct 2014 #5

Yes, on the left individuality exists but doesn't trump being 'in it together' HereSince1628 Oct 2014 #15

I would change your word "antisocialism" to downright antisocial. JDPriestly Oct 2014 #23

This distinction guided my word choice HereSince1628 Oct 2014 #25

No lilaliu Oct 2014 #6

Equivalent in what way? muriel_volestrangler Oct 2014 #8

Going off the grid and back to the land Warpy Oct 2014 #10

i thought the "sovereign citizens" were more about Blue_Tires Oct 2014 #19

They're also about not registering or insuring their cars Warpy Oct 2014 #27

Join a commune. JaneyVee Oct 2014 #11

Sounds like the Log Cabin Republicans... Wounded Bear Oct 2014 #13

The Moorish Nation Lee-Lee Oct 2014 #14

In what way would you say they are 'left wing'? Bluenorthwest Oct 2014 #35

Havibg dealt with them Lee-Lee Oct 2014 #37

Not currentely. If there were one, it would probably resemble most closely KingCharlemagne Oct 2014 #20

While not strictly left-wing Shankapotomus Oct 2014 #21

Yep....Independents who piss and moan about how horrible the Democrats are and tell everyone VanillaRhapsody Oct 2014 #26

Yes, there are a bunch of left-wing groups like that. ZombieHorde Oct 2014 #29

I dug up a couple of videos of American left-wing sovereigns JJMacNab Oct 2014 #38