Video: Evan’s Declaration of Sovereignty

April 28, 2010 by Ian
Filed under: Personal Freedom, Video, Your Evolution

Thanks to Jason Talley from Fr33Agents for covering Evan’s declaration of sovereignty he signed and had witnessed and then filed with the Keene district court on Monday:

Seth

That last sentenced cracked me up!
http://talley.tv Jason

Here is Evan's declaration. I posted it on my site as well:

To whom it may concern,

This is to inform you that I, Evan L. Pierce, am a sovereign individual. I am not your property. I am not subject to your arbitrary authority. I do not recognize your claims on my life, liberty, or property as legitimate.

To reiterate, I have seceded from your government, from all international, federal, state, and local governments everywhere, and from all organizations everywhere founded not upon consent, but upon violence, coercion, and fraud. I am accountable for any contracts I voluntarily and knowingly agree to, and none that I do not. I am liable for any damage to life or property my actions cause others, and none that my actions do not. In the event of a dispute, justice demands that the case be brought before a mutually agreed upon arbitrator. I do not recognize the legitimacy of any ruling on any case regarding myself or others that does not rest on mutual consent.

As I am the acting government of myself, the owner of my body, and the proprietor of my own existence, I hereby declare this document official and legally overriding of any contradicting documents or contracts to which I do not explicitly consent.

Sincerely,

Sovereign Evan Liberty Pierce
Alfonso Montealegre

Remember when Chechnya proclaimed its sovereignty from Russia? As it turned out, it was wrong about that. You aren't sovereign until you can enforce it. In other words, this is a complete waste of time and energy.
Sam Adams

Alfonso,

If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counselnor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.
are you nuts

So,

Do you really think this means anything? What are you going to do when there is a fire in your house, when you wake up to a burglar in your kitchen….I bet you would be the first whining spinless pussy to scream for help from the hated "state" when you fall on your face.

Grow up and get a life.
Luthor

While I feel declerations of self independance are a waste of time, I cannot agree with the above comment. If there's a fire, government is not the only entity who can put it out. If there is a burgular, he will be greeted with a shotgun to his face LONG before the police have time to drive out to my home.

It is actions, not words that make a man free. I intend to live as free as possible, and the government will still try to stop me with or without any formal decleration.
http://ringingliberty.com Paul

<blockquote cite="äre you nuts">Do you really think this means anything?

I'm sure they'll continue to extort money from him, with your support, apparently.

<blockquote cite="are you nuts">

What are you going to do when there is a fire in your house,

I wish I could call a fire department I choose to subscribe to, because they're the best of the options available, and the best value. Instead, I'm forced to fund the one sized fits all government monopoly …

<blockquote cite="are you nuts">

when you wake up to a burglar in your kitchen….I bet you would be the first whining spinless pussy to scream for help from the hated “state” when you fall on your face.

Ditto. I would select the protection agency I believe is most effective for the money. Hey, that might even be the KPD, but a person has the right to choose.

You can't extort money from people on threat of violence, enforce a monopoly in an industry on threat of prison, and then claim your sole presence in the industry as a justification for your behavior.

Suppose I started a mob which used violent tactics to run all other grocery stores out of business, and forced people on threat of violence to pay for my groceries, whether they want them or not. If a person objected to my behavior, and desired to be free to spend his own money, would it be a valid response for me to say, "But, where are you going to get your groceries? I bet, when you get hungry, you'll come crawling back to me!"

No, because the only reason the person is in the predicament is because I put him there, and drove out all alternatives.
Johnny Juárez

@Sam Adams – You must be really fun at parties.

"Depart from us forsooth and anon in peace and laissez faire, forcuz we do-est not lyke you, and we heretofore expell-est thee from this humble troupe. Thou shall not mockest my most humble and most Importunate Petition of SOVEREIGNTY, for I am Sovereign Evan the Libertarded of Keeneshire Town."
bil

Sam Adams was quoting the original Samuel Adams.I am assuming he is not the original,but is familiar with his works.Forsooth! —bil
unbelievable

Evan,
Make sure you dont drive on any public roads, use water from a faucet conencted to a public system, or shit in a toilet that feeds into a public sewer. Dont expect the doors to be open on any public building. Dont complain when the snow isnt removed to your satisfaction from the streets. Most of all, dont scream and cry when you get hurt and no one shows up to help you except your other wasted free idiots and your blood flows into the earth and you die. Just another wasted life….you guys ever study the failed commune and free society concepts from the 60′s and 70′s?
bil

I would also read up on the communes and free societies in the 1700s and 1800s.They were more well thought out,but still failed.Lots of good intentions dont gaurantee success. —bil
Sam Adams

So, I guess we should just accept the inherent violence and domination in the master/slave relationship we presently have because a perfect society hasn't been created yet, and most likely never will be achieved.

Why bother trying, eh?
bil

I wouldn't recomend not trying,just don't be disapointed if not many listen.As long as there is a beer in the fridge and some sort of crap on the TV,most folks are pretty content with the status quo.Although as times get worse,things look better. —bil
http://ringingliberty.com Paul

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Evan,
Make sure you dont drive on any public roads, use water from a faucet conencted to a public system, or shit in a toilet that feeds into a public sewer. Dont expect the doors to be open on any public building. Dont complain when the snow isnt removed to your satisfaction from the streets. Most of all, dont scream and cry when you get hurt and no one shows up to help you except your other wasted free idiots and your blood flows into the earth and you die. Just another wasted life….

Actually, money was already stolen from him to pay for these things, so he absolutely has a right to them. All of the property of your organization is stolen.

If your organization would stop mugging him, and return the property it stole from him, and start operating by voluntary exchange, the way those of us who are not mobsters and gangsters do, then we could talk about voluntary agreements, for payment in exchange for services.

<blockquote cite="unbelievable">
you guys ever study the failed commune and free society concepts from the 60’s and 70’s?

I know of them. I don't propose communes, and the "free society" you refer to was concerned mainly with the elimination of cultural mores, as I understand it.
http://ringingliberty.com Paul

In all fairness, "unbelievable", I shouldn't say your organization. But, you do appear to currently be supporting it.
theKINGofKEENE

Comment by unbelievable

April 30, 2010 @ 8:03 am

Evan,

Make sure you dont drive on any public roads, use water from a faucet conencted to a public system, or shit in a toilet that feeds into a public sewer. Dont expect the doors to be open on any public building. Dont complain when the snow isnt removed to your satisfaction from the streets. Most of all, dont scream and cry when you get hurt and no one shows up to help you except your other wasted free idiots and your blood flows into the earth and you die. Just another wasted life….you guys ever study the failed commune and free society concepts from the 60’s and 70’s?

…AND PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT THE CRAP *i* post on here???…
leave evan

FUCK OUTTA HERE!

consider higher education of some form.

Please…at least get a GED…
http://ringingliberty.com Paul

Hey, "Leave",

I'm finishing my masters degree in physics, and his statement seems entirely reasonable to me. Now why don't you actually do some rational thinking, rather than spouting ad hominems?

I'd also like to modify my earlier reply to "unbelievable". I do think the state can gradually transition to a more voluntary approach. I don't want to make it sound like everything has to be started from scratch.

For example, if the schools were to be reformed in this way, ownership of the school building could be transferred to a dedicated school organization, who would then obtain money by user fees, donations, etc. They would owe a bond to the taxpayers of keene, for the building, which could be paid off over time.

Even prior to this, as a transitional step, some sort of government funded voucher system could be implemented — so people at least have a choice about where their child and their money go.

I just feel my earlier post sounded like advocacy of a "destroy all things associated with government and start from scratch" approach, which I don't believe is necessary. We need to think carefully about how best to transition, with minimum disruptions.
leave evan

evan made it big…he's hanging out on church st. in KEENE,NH!
unbelievable

KOK….yea, people mostly complain about your disjointed ramblings, bizzare use of sentence structure and absurd puncuation. Oh, of course your sometimes violent ideas tend to turn some people off too.
http://enemyartistkristofer.blogspot.com kristofeR

Evan,

I think you nailed it down damn well in your letter, so I hope you don't mind, but I am going to use your wording for my own claim of sovereignty.

I actually went through the video a few times, transcribing what you said onto paper, then I read the comments and there it was by Jason. Oh well.

I am not going to turn it over to any government agency though, but I will post it on my blog. I think it is a strong statement to make and I am behind it 100%.

Keep up the great work Free State Project people, I plan to come up and visit you guys this late summer early fall and start meeting some of you.

peace. love. anarchy