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There is no “real world” legal antecedent or parallel to
the Strawman. Strawman Theory is purely a pseudolaw
construct. Strawman Theory is also second-order
pseudolaw, since Strawman Theory is constructed atop
false claims concerning government, state authority,
and contract law. One aspect that makes Strawman
Theory particularly strange is that if Strawman
Theory really worked in the common law tradition,
and allowed one to shed your “legal personality,” then
that step would not result in extraordinary freedom,
but, instead, the human would be property: a slave
(Pomerleau v Canada (Revenue Agency), 2017 ABQB
123, paras. 88-95). Fortunately, this rejection of legal
status is not possible under modern law.
The Strawman mesmerizes pseudolaw’s promoters and
adherents. Though there is no historical basis for the
Strawman, Strawman Theory is present in practically
all known pseudolaw schemes, worldwide. Why that
would be the case is difficult to understand, though
one possibility is this component of pseudolaw is
redemption via ritual magic the Strawman is a law-
styled myth of clandestine possession, exorcism, and
secret knowledge (Netolitzky, 2018d, pp. 1069-1078).
In short, while pseudolaw is a legal system, it is a
strange one. Although its users and proponents put
great effort into presenting pseudolaw as having
antecedents and a basis grounded in history, traditional
law, legal decisions, and other generally accepted legal
references, much of pseudolaw has a far more tenuous
foundation. Obviously, the thin basis for these schemes
has not precluded substantial success for pseudolaw in
the marketplace of ideas.
B. Pseudolaw has a Story
Pseudolaw operates in a competition of two laws. In
that competition, pseudolaw teaches that one law is
propagated by authorities to the ordinary person. This
“regular law” is portrayed by state and institutional
actors as the natural and universally accepted rules that
govern societal conduct. This first law is government-
made, but, according to pseudolaw narratives, that
state-made law is in some sense limited or defective.
Despite what the masses are told, that “regular law” is not
actually binding on human beings. Pseudolaw schemes
claim that there is a second additional, different, and
more fundamental law, a law that has been hidden away
from the public. The names of these two kinds of law
differ depending on what specific pseudolaw scheme
one follows. Commonly the state-made optional law is
called “admiralty law,” “maritime law,” “law merchant,”
“military law,” “martial law,” “commercial law,” “Roman
civil law,” or simply “legislation.” The concealed but
true and superior law is usually called “common law,”
but sometimes “natural law,” “God’s law,” or “equity.”
Pseudolaw schemes always have a story (Netolitzky,
2018c, p. 9), a conspiratorial narrative of how people
became trapped within their current status, where
false, illegitimate authority has denied and crushed
everyone’s actual inherent legal rights:
1. At one time the law was good. People lived in
a free, fair, and just regime, ruled by
legitimate law and authorities. In that
age, those people had more freedom
than is permitted in our modern society.
2. A new scheme of law and rules was imposed
by nefarious actors that resulted in the
current system of rules that are
tyrannical and unjust, and which steal
away peoples’ legitimate rights. The
process that suppressed the true law
was hidden or disguised. As a
consequence, people are in a prison
of illegitimate authority, however, they
are unaware of that truth.
3. The hidden away good law remains supreme.
If one knows the correct methods, you
can drill down through the false law to
the original true and just legal system.
4. Pseudolaw’s techniques allows one to remove
the false legal authority imposed by
the illegitimate law, and achieve the
greater freedom and rights that were
always there to be claimed. You just have
to invoke the true law, though
governments and other bad actors will
resist attempts to defeat and nullify the
superficial false-law’s authority.
The stories of how the true law was sequestered away
and suppressed exist in many different forms. Each
There is no “real world” legal antecedent or parallel to
the Strawman. Strawman Theory is purely a pseudolaw
construct. Strawman Theory is also second-order
pseudolaw, since Strawman Theory is constructed atop
false claims concerning government, state authority,
and contract law. One aspect that makes Strawman
Theory particularly strange is that if Strawman
Theory really worked in the common law tradition,
and allowed one to shed your “legal personality,” then
that step would not result in extraordinary freedom,
but, instead, the human would be property: a slave
(Pomerleau v Canada (Revenue Agency), 2017 ABQB
123, paras. 88-95). Fortunately, this rejection of legal
status is not possible under modern law.
The Strawman mesmerizes pseudolaw’s promoters and
adherents. Though there is no historical basis for the
Strawman, Strawman Theory is present in practically
all known pseudolaw schemes, worldwide. Why that
would be the case is difficult to understand, though
one possibility is this component of pseudolaw is
redemption via ritual magic the Strawman is a law-
styled myth of clandestine possession, exorcism, and
secret knowledge (Netolitzky, 2018d, pp. 1069-1078).
In short, while pseudolaw is a legal system, it is a
strange one. Although its users and proponents put
great effort into presenting pseudolaw as having
antecedents and a basis grounded in history, traditional
law, legal decisions, and other generally accepted legal
references, much of pseudolaw has a far more tenuous
foundation. Obviously, the thin basis for these schemes
has not precluded substantial success for pseudolaw in
the marketplace of ideas.
B. Pseudolaw has a Story
Pseudolaw operates in a competition of two laws. In
that competition, pseudolaw teaches that one law is
propagated by authorities to the ordinary person. This
“regular law” is portrayed by state and institutional
actors as the natural and universally accepted rules that
govern societal conduct. This first law is government-
made, but, according to pseudolaw narratives, that
state-made law is in some sense limited or defective.
Despite what the masses are told, that “regular law” is not
actually binding on human beings. Pseudolaw schemes
claim that there is a second additional, different, and
more fundamental law, a law that has been hidden away
from the public. The names of these two kinds of law
differ depending on what specific pseudolaw scheme
one follows. Commonly the state-made optional law is
called “admiralty law,” “maritime law,” “law merchant,”
“military law,” “martial law,” “commercial law,” “Roman
civil law,” or simply “legislation.” The concealed but
true and superior law is usually called “common law,”
but sometimes “natural law,” “God’s law,” or “equity.”
Pseudolaw schemes always have a story (Netolitzky,
2018c, p. 9), a conspiratorial narrative of how people
became trapped within their current status, where
false, illegitimate authority has denied and crushed
everyone’s actual inherent legal rights:
1. At one time the law was good. People lived in
a free, fair, and just regime, ruled by
legitimate law and authorities. In that
age, those people had more freedom
than is permitted in our modern society.
2. A new scheme of law and rules was imposed
by nefarious actors that resulted in the
current system of rules that are
tyrannical and unjust, and which steal
away peoples’ legitimate rights. The
process that suppressed the true law
was hidden or disguised. As a
consequence, people are in a prison
of illegitimate authority, however, they
are unaware of that truth.
3. The hidden away good law remains supreme.
If one knows the correct methods, you
can drill down through the false law to
the original true and just legal system.
4. Pseudolaw’s techniques allows one to remove
the false legal authority imposed by
the illegitimate law, and achieve the
greater freedom and rights that were
always there to be claimed. You just have
to invoke the true law, though
governments and other bad actors will
resist attempts to defeat and nullify the
superficial false-law’s authority.
The stories of how the true law was sequestered away
and suppressed exist in many different forms. Each
