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Going to word this very carefully so it doesn't come off wrong. I was only slightly aware of the movement in general. Then I read about it being common for these individuals to be men trying to avoid childcare payments. And then it clicked why it seems to be mostly men in general and very few women. Many of the men seeming to be in the 20-40 age range.
I'm not sure how it started off. Lately seems more about avoidance of responsibility. Instead of the weirdo libertarian movement I was assuming was going on. But ultimately I kinda don't think that's important. It's just sad.
It actually has roots in the white supremacist 'religion' that is called Christian Identity dating back to 1971, which is still active today as well. In the 1990s the Moorish Science Temple began having an offshoot of sovcits among their members. There is also a Hawaiian sovcit movement.