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"Thank you, sir, I understand. Unfortunately, this is a US road and as a visiting alien, you are not allowed to operate your vehicle on it."
The issue is that they don't believe the US government is legitimate. From what I've gathered, they think that the real US is theirs by right, and that the entity that we know of as the government is essentially a parasitic corporation that has convinced everyone it's the real governing body so that we fund it with our taxes. Though, even if you had a logical explanation within the confines of their worldview as to why they can't drive without a license, they'd still pretend they had some excuse not to listen to it.
So they're not entirely wrong
Correct, but the difference is that it's legitimate AND parasitic. So we can't just ignore it like they want to.
Doesn't even matter if it's legitimate. If you ignore them, they can and will fuck you up. That matters a lot.
The sovereignty is enforced by fuckton of fighter jets, warships, and nukes! Do you feel lucky, punk?
Some define government just means an entity with an effective monopoly on violence in a region. So if they can and will fuck you up, then they're a legitimate government. Everything else is just pretenses to maintain/justify that monopoly by that definition.
That's legit!