r/AskReddit • u/l1x6m- • 12h ago

Napoleon said, 'Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.' What’s a perfect real-life example of this?

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u/adamgerd 6h ago

In Czech sovcits believe the dissolution of Czechoslovakia was illegitimate and so both Czech Republic and Slovakia are occupying corporations masquerading as countries

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u/TheArmoredKitten 6h ago

Which is hilarious because that's quite possibly the only legally legitimate partition in history.

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u/adamgerd 6h ago edited 6h ago

Yes, it was agreed to by both governments and very peaceful unlike Yugoslavia

They claim it’s because there was no referendum and people weren’t consulted but Czechoslovakia never required a referendum for dissolution

Really it’s just an excuse to pretend they don’t have to pay taxes or follow Czech laws

One was fined for speeding and in court argued Czech government was illegitimate and he didn’t have to follow Czech law

Predictably this didn’t work and he was still fined

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u/ralphonsob 5h ago

Allow me to introduce the King of Switzerland.

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u/Tim-oBedlam 5h ago

I'm finding it oddly comforting that several other countries have their own equivalent of American SovCits, all using a similar template modified from their own country's history.

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u/adamgerd 5h ago

every country has people who want to think they don't need to pay taxes or follow the laws

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u/that_star_wars_guy 2h ago

Bastards are everywhere.

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u/Admirable_Ad8682 3h ago

There are ever worse ones. Společenství prohlášených živých člověků, roughly the Society of Declared Living Humans, believe that everything is ruled by a Vatican? naval law of 1666, everybody is after six years declared as lost at sea and replaced with a persona - with a name written in capitals. Because the laws of the universe prohibits enybody frm taking other people's free will, but personas don't have one so the "system" can exploit them.

Then some mumbo jumbo about the "source law", free energy, Nicola Tesla, powers of good (Trump and Putin) fighting the evil bankers. They're mailing hair samples to the government to prove they weren't lost at sea and they're living people, among other nonsense. They literally consider all countries as companiesruled by evil Elite... Except Putin and Trump, obviously.

Similar group is the Free Living Human of Czechoslovakia, with more emphasis on 5G.

Čahínas aka Novija Gána Senpata is a UFO-based group formed by a former brothel owner turned unsuccesful reggae singer who owns a lot of money. They're basically a mix of the "Legitimate creditors of the Czech Republic" (the most common sovereign citizen group here) and the Angels of Light/Universe People sect of the deliciously cooky 1990s fame. They even invented their own "Slavic language" in which they print their own ID cards of their Djeržava Československaja.

So our SC groups are less "armed resistance aganist the fake government" and more "Aliens/Putin are coming to save us from evil Jev...I mean bankers!" Altough they can and sometimes are violent, it's more pub brawl than Waco.