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of personal success (Robinson, 2017, pp. 4-9) could not
immediately be debunked.
Phoenix’s emergence as the movement’s dominant
personality, combined with the escalating social
stressors caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, resulted
in a dramatic expansion of the MCLR movement.
However, the promises made by either word-magic
leader have not led to any of the promised outcomes.
MCLR concepts have consistently failed, and the
MCLR’s revolution was simply ignored by authorities
and the public as a whole. Phoenix recently announced
it is too late to complete the “Redress” process and
overturn the dark conspiracy and its hidden hands
(Phoenix, 2021f). Desperate requests to Phoenix and
her core designates for assistance go unanswered, are
deleted, or are disposed of by instructions to refer to
Robinson’s sacred texts. Other pseudolaw groups have
collapsed when promised outcomes did not appear
(Netolitzky, 2016 Netolitzky, 2023a). The same
endgame is almost certain for the MCLR.
Judging active membership in any pseudolaw
community is difficult, particularly where in-group
communications are rigidly and strictly moderated and
censored. That said, long-standing prominent MCLR
adherents are disappearing or publicly resigning.
Phoenix herself has become increasingly scarce, and
now has all but abandoned pseudolaw for Christian
apocalyptic rhetoric. Historically, some pseudolaw
groups like the Canadian Freemen-on-the-Land
persisted, at least in part, as the national pseudolaw
community was a monoculture. Pseudolaw’s merging
with the cultic milieu means these ideas are no longer
privileged knowledge (Netolitzky, 2021). Marginal and
resistor UK individuals who prefer law-based theories
can choose among many local and foreign alternatives,
all which are grounded on familiar pseudolaw concepts
like Strawman Theory (Netolitzky, 2018b, pp. 1069-
1080) and a hidden, superior, but suppressed “common
law” (Meads v Meads, 2012 ABQB 571, paras. 326-330
Netolitzky, 2018b, pp. 1067-1071). The MCLR exists in
a competitive fringe ecology.
The current MCLR is Phoenix’s creation. She revived
the movement, recruited most of the current adherents,
and then led her in-person crusade across the UK for
“Redress.” Those steps built to a climactic point, but
nothing has followed. Phoenix’s most recent shift
away from Robinson’s theories has left her followers
confused, disoriented, or skeptical. Phoenix will
almost certainly eventually be deported from the UK
to Canada as an illegal alien, which will further subvert
her self-proclaimed special status. In Canada, Phoenix
has few supporters, and should have been cut off from
government social assistance as a consequence of her
lengthy out-of-country absence. Phoenix is probably
also facing police investigation (Blackwell, 2021b).
None of this bodes well for the MCLR. Unless a new
and functional figurehead emerges and steps into
Phoenix’s shoes,20
1
the MCLR will soon be nothing but
a historical curiosity.
III. Conclusion
The MCLR, as a candidate social movement, is
now probably in its end form: a streak of flame and
wreckage smeared across the sky. Nevertheless, the
MCLR and its guru figures will linger in several ways.
First, like almost all modern pseudolaw phenomena,
artifacts of the MCLR will echo forward within the
cultic milieu: videos, the Laymans Guide, template
documents, etc. Exactly what the MCLR was will
probably disappear, since pseudolaw websites and
social media have a limited half-life. For example,
practically no contemporaneous record remains of
Canada’s Freeman-on-the-Land movement, less than
a decade since its collapse (Netolitzky, 2023a, pp. 819-
820). In twenty years, decisions like AVI v MHVB and
any successors, this article, and Quatloos, that morgue
of pseudolaw, will probably be the only substantive
public record of what the MCLR was, who were its
leaders, and what they believed and did.
Individuals will, however, bear scars. The MCLR has
real-world casualties whose dabbling in pseudolaw
led to foreclosures, evictions, property seizures,
and legal actions on unpaid taxes and debts. A few
may end up incarcerated and with criminal records.
Some probably died or were seriously injured in the
COVID-19 pandemic when they resisted “oppression
by vaccination” via the Magna Carta.
Were those casualties of Robinson and Phoenix
inevitable? Who is to say. What we know of MCLR
adherents is they are natural victims, drawn from
20 Any new contender would also provoke a negative response from
Phoenix, as illustrated by a video that criticizes and rejects a potential
successor, Frank Cadman (The Freeman Archives, 2022).
of personal success (Robinson, 2017, pp. 4-9) could not
immediately be debunked.
Phoenix’s emergence as the movement’s dominant
personality, combined with the escalating social
stressors caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, resulted
in a dramatic expansion of the MCLR movement.
However, the promises made by either word-magic
leader have not led to any of the promised outcomes.
MCLR concepts have consistently failed, and the
MCLR’s revolution was simply ignored by authorities
and the public as a whole. Phoenix recently announced
it is too late to complete the “Redress” process and
overturn the dark conspiracy and its hidden hands
(Phoenix, 2021f). Desperate requests to Phoenix and
her core designates for assistance go unanswered, are
deleted, or are disposed of by instructions to refer to
Robinson’s sacred texts. Other pseudolaw groups have
collapsed when promised outcomes did not appear
(Netolitzky, 2016 Netolitzky, 2023a). The same
endgame is almost certain for the MCLR.
Judging active membership in any pseudolaw
community is difficult, particularly where in-group
communications are rigidly and strictly moderated and
censored. That said, long-standing prominent MCLR
adherents are disappearing or publicly resigning.
Phoenix herself has become increasingly scarce, and
now has all but abandoned pseudolaw for Christian
apocalyptic rhetoric. Historically, some pseudolaw
groups like the Canadian Freemen-on-the-Land
persisted, at least in part, as the national pseudolaw
community was a monoculture. Pseudolaw’s merging
with the cultic milieu means these ideas are no longer
privileged knowledge (Netolitzky, 2021). Marginal and
resistor UK individuals who prefer law-based theories
can choose among many local and foreign alternatives,
all which are grounded on familiar pseudolaw concepts
like Strawman Theory (Netolitzky, 2018b, pp. 1069-
1080) and a hidden, superior, but suppressed “common
law” (Meads v Meads, 2012 ABQB 571, paras. 326-330
Netolitzky, 2018b, pp. 1067-1071). The MCLR exists in
a competitive fringe ecology.
The current MCLR is Phoenix’s creation. She revived
the movement, recruited most of the current adherents,
and then led her in-person crusade across the UK for
“Redress.” Those steps built to a climactic point, but
nothing has followed. Phoenix’s most recent shift
away from Robinson’s theories has left her followers
confused, disoriented, or skeptical. Phoenix will
almost certainly eventually be deported from the UK
to Canada as an illegal alien, which will further subvert
her self-proclaimed special status. In Canada, Phoenix
has few supporters, and should have been cut off from
government social assistance as a consequence of her
lengthy out-of-country absence. Phoenix is probably
also facing police investigation (Blackwell, 2021b).
None of this bodes well for the MCLR. Unless a new
and functional figurehead emerges and steps into
Phoenix’s shoes,20
1
the MCLR will soon be nothing but
a historical curiosity.
III. Conclusion
The MCLR, as a candidate social movement, is
now probably in its end form: a streak of flame and
wreckage smeared across the sky. Nevertheless, the
MCLR and its guru figures will linger in several ways.
First, like almost all modern pseudolaw phenomena,
artifacts of the MCLR will echo forward within the
cultic milieu: videos, the Laymans Guide, template
documents, etc. Exactly what the MCLR was will
probably disappear, since pseudolaw websites and
social media have a limited half-life. For example,
practically no contemporaneous record remains of
Canada’s Freeman-on-the-Land movement, less than
a decade since its collapse (Netolitzky, 2023a, pp. 819-
820). In twenty years, decisions like AVI v MHVB and
any successors, this article, and Quatloos, that morgue
of pseudolaw, will probably be the only substantive
public record of what the MCLR was, who were its
leaders, and what they believed and did.
Individuals will, however, bear scars. The MCLR has
real-world casualties whose dabbling in pseudolaw
led to foreclosures, evictions, property seizures,
and legal actions on unpaid taxes and debts. A few
may end up incarcerated and with criminal records.
Some probably died or were seriously injured in the
COVID-19 pandemic when they resisted “oppression
by vaccination” via the Magna Carta.
Were those casualties of Robinson and Phoenix
inevitable? Who is to say. What we know of MCLR
adherents is they are natural victims, drawn from
20 Any new contender would also provoke a negative response from
Phoenix, as illustrated by a video that criticizes and rejects a potential
successor, Frank Cadman (The Freeman Archives, 2022).
