I'm but a humble taxpayer, enjoying the simple pleasures of not having to declare any sovereignty, or worse - attempt to maintain it. I delight in sipping perfectly safe tap water, sitting in my little dwelling and not worrying about being sovereign on a piece of dirt that no one gets to keep (it gets to keep us)... But here I am - worrying about sovereignty... perhaps a different kind though... how about the sovereignty of our data? After all, the only true thing that we will ever own is our identities and ideas... and they're being mined right out of our skulls... I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on the sovereignty of our personal information.

As for physical property, we cannot be granted sovereignty. The fact that there is a 'grantor' negates the possibility of us ever being sovereign. To own land free of government one must take it with force and keep it through power. Unfortunately, this is where the idea of individualism brakes down - at the very least you need numbers to have power. And the moment that happens we are back to the same cycle again... I don't think we will ever go back to owning anything without a major cataclysm. and even then ownership will be maintained through barbarism, and eventually, power will cluster in the hands of a few once again and I won't be able to sip my safe tap water and pursue any pleasures beyond basic needs... So i give the uncle his dues, and while my property taxes are going up, so is the value of my check should I decide to sell it... :) its a sweet setup.