The idea of state citizenship as opposed to federal citizenship interests me, although I haven’t done enough investigation into the matter. I’m curious about the tax obligations of a state citizen, versus US citizen (although I do know that renouncing US citizenship puts former Americans on a lot of special lists, and the cost of renunciation has been skyrocketing in recent years/decades). Somehow lessening the overwhelming involvement of the federal government in our everyday lives, with a return to states’ rights, would probably solve some of our issues, enabling actual Americans to increasingly govern themselves again, in some ways, rather than having so many federal dictates thrust upon them.
I used to read into the Uniform Commercial Code, civil and common law, lex mercatoria, Black’s law book, and some of what you mentioned about the promissory notes and debt remittance, even tacit agreements (wherein it’s assumed we will comply with anything unless we outright resist it). There’s some interesting happenings with regard to vehicle manufacturers (who retain a certificate of origin), vehicle registration with states, and turning the American people into merchants with driver’s licenses and making driving on public roadways a commercial activity somehow. It’s all very complex, but interesting, too.
There are folks involved with the InPower Movement, like Cal Washington, who discuss this matter regularly, and understand it much better than I do. They use some kind of legal contract to scare people in powerful positions into resignations, even state leaders, judges, et cetera. It does seem like there’s some kind of legal system operating above what we common folks know about, but an in-depth awareness of it has been intentionally suppressed for generations. Whether any one of us ordinary Americans learn how to fully employ it in our favor, I’d absolutely be curious to learn more.
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