The "United States Government" is a bankrupt corporation underwritten by, in receivership in favor of, and a mere front for the Federal Reserve, International Monetary Fund (IMF), et al. This private government functions in its own commercial, military, international jurisdiction under the "law of necessity" characterizing the "state of emergency" that has prevailed since the Civil War. The law of necessity is actually "no law," (i.e., the suspension of law for the purpose of dealing with the "emergency."
In the law of necessity, the "law of the jungle" prevails, in which anything goes (i.e., one may survive at the expense of the lives, rights, and property of others. This is a state of war, and truth, ethics, and compassion are the most serious casualties. All that matters is winning by any means; there are no rules except "just eat, baby." All is fair in love and war,' and all governments function in a perpetual state of war between the government and the people.