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Ok, yes that's correct, the sovereign citizen movement has roots in white supremacist ideologies from 50 - 60 years ago, but it has changed over time into a more decentralised / diverse ideology. It has become highly heterogeneous. These days, people who subscribe to it's main beliefs (rejecting federal authority, claiming exemption from laws and taxes, distrust or hatred toward police / viewing police as "agents of an illegitimate government" etc) come from many different racial / cultural / socioeconomic backgrounds. The anti government sentiments are not inherently tied to white supremacy.Sovereign citizens don’t see any inconsistency in their beliefs- if he is Maori - likely an immigrant, that wouldn’t conflict with his white nationalist worldview, because their ideology isn’t based on reason. It’s fundamentally delusional (and has strong roots in incel misogonystic thinking primarily, but I digress...).
As for how his political/ideological views have anything to do with the march...Sovereign citizen ideology didn’t begin as harmless skepticism, it emerged in the U.S. among white supremacist and Christian Identity groups who rejected federal authority outright and pushed racial hierarchies as doctrine. In Australia, those anti-government, extremist beliefs found new life during Covid - melding conspiracy-fueled anti‑vaccine and anti‑lockdown sentiment with denial of legal authority. That created fertile ground for organised sovereign citizen ideas to take hold.
That context is critical in understanding the March for Australia. At first, the march’s website even openly promoted “remigration”, a far-right, white nationalist concept calling for mass expulsion of non-European peoples, before the phrase was quietly removed, showing a clear alignment with extremist ideology even if later softened.
'Protect white heritage': Anti-immigration march 'messaging' revealed
An ABC NEWS Verify investigation has found organisers linked to the March for Australia protests sharing white supremacy posts on social media and, in one case, pro-Nazi and pro-Hitler memes.www.abc.net.au
Snips from link below
TL;DR: The movement, although completely crazy and entitled, cannot - at least for the past 30 - 40 years - be conflated with white supremacism.
As far as I'm aware currently, the march has no ties to the sovereign citizen movement.
Therefore, it makes no sense at this stage to try to tie Dezi Freeman's political beliefs to the march. Which is just, in my opinion, completely out of left field.
MOO
