There’s a pretty good article over at Vox explaining some of the whacked-out notions held by sovereign citizens. It shows some written examples and references tweets by @jjmacnab as well as info from the SPLC.

[Cue the Twilight Zone music…]

Why some far-right extremists think red ink can force the government to give them millions

For decades, in courthouses and government offices all across the US, people have been filing bizarrely worded pseudo-legal documents filled with strange symbols, secret coded language, and even bloody fingerprints in an effort to unlock secret bank accounts set up for them by the evil impostor government that runs this country. […]

As explained by the Southern Poverty Law Center, they believe the government creates a secret alternate identity for each American at birth and sets up a secret US Treasury account — sort of like a corporate “trust” — under that alternate identity. The US government funds these “corporate shell” accounts to the tune of hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars.

Because the US no longer uses the gold standard, it instead uses these accounts as collateral to back up its currency. The money is said to represent each citizen’s future earning potential. The sovereign citizens thus believe the government has “pledged its citizenry as collateral, by selling their future earning capabilities to foreign investors, effectively enslaving all Americans,” according to the SPLC. […]

It gets weirder—things like red ink being very important—I’m not kidding.

These aren’t mentally stable people.