The amount of wishful thinking is honestly surprising to me, even though my expectations about these folks is already pretty low. It's just... are all of the brain cells focused on keeping them breathing?

I totally get it. Nobody wants to pay taxes, or fees, and it's getting harder for people to afford food much less car insurance, registration, emissions inspections, yadda yadda. The SovCit thing must be appealing. But, still, interpreting that situation like that? It seems like a new level of dumb.