I've never been able to find proof of the 'straw man' part but I do know that all citizens are declared as
hypothecated chattel in the documents from 1933.
hypothecated is a fancy word for used as collateral ' . A car can be considered hypothecated chattel when you buy it on time payment plan. You don't own it, the bank does, but you get to use it.
It is not the bodies of citizens that is hypothecated, it is the income from labor. This is the genesis of the IRS.