they have no problems heavily censoring law-abiding gun youtubers. Even changing the rules and giving them strikes retroactively. I guess it's "weapons for me, but not for thee".

I think the thing to remember is, however bad it is, it could always get worse.

A world without the US navy is one without sea shipping because pirates will come back.

And these same organizations fuel conflicts that actively make the USA less safe. These organizations can both do great things (hostage rescues) and terrible things (initiating coups), and it’s upon the citizenry to ensure that these forces are put to use only where justified. That is to say almost never.

We've stopped South American coups more recently than we've initiated them. (in the last few years, in Brazil and Bolivia)

Truly, the last few minutes of American history is not material to the argument I’m making here.

And I don’t doubt there’s still a lot of subterfuge happening as we speak, most of which we’ll never hear about until something goes very wrong.