Trend Growing sovereign-citizen movement

Summary

The report records a rising number of people who want to deregister from the Dutch state in order to live as sovereign citizens. Their worldview often aligns with that of conspiracy thinkers who believe a malicious elite is abusing institutions. The report regards this very idea of a malicious elite as a serious risk to the democratic legal order. The report observes that some of them are people with financial problems and debts to the government. Rejecting government altogether can make their difficulties even worse. The report treats this phenomenon, together with the growing number of parents who distrust the school system and prefer home education, as one of the structural consequences of belief in alternative truths.