Has Anyone Seen Their License Plates Before?
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Smartest Sovereign Citizen vs Average Person
Overview
This is a two-panel wojak comparison meme satirizing the sovereign citizen movement in the United States. On the left, an angry, crying soyjak is labeled 'Smartest Sovereign Citizen', holding a homemade license plate marked 'FREE MAN', and claims an obscure 1789 treaty between the US and another country allows him to drive without a valid government-issued license. On the right, a calm, stoic blonde bearded chad labeled 'Average Person' dismisses this false claim with the simple response 'No it doesn't'. The meme mocks the common baseless legal arguments sovereign citizens use to avoid following standard traffic laws, including their use of homemade fake license plates instead of official government issued plates.
Origin notes
The meme was originally shared on Reddit in meme communities, with the original title 'Has Anyone Seen Their License Plates Before?'. It targets the widely mocked sovereign citizen subculture, whose members frequently make false, pseudolegal claims that they are not subject to government laws such as driver licensing and vehicle registration requirements.