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A Response To a Comment By Joel Persinger
Below is a response I posted to a comment on one of my videos. The comment was from someone who described himself as "a foreigner watching your channel." You might find it interesting. Here it is:
Whatever country you are from has a culture that is very different from ours. Consequently, you cannot see our culture in any other way than through the lens of your own. In this country and in this culture, we are citizens, not subjects. If you live in a country where you are a subject, you will never fully understand what it means to be a citizen.
Our Constitution protects the rights of the people, not the powers of the government. [u][u]Nearly every other founding document in the world protects the powers of the government and says nothing of the rights of the people[/u][/u]. If you live in a country like that, you will never fully understand what it is like to live in a country like ours.
Americans are rightfully distrustful of government by nature. Governments are easily corrupted. Corrupt governments are responsible for oppression, poverty, starvation, and genocide. We have a government because we can't have a country without a government. However, we look upon government as a necessary evil. We detest and distrust it. Politicians are among the most distrusted and hated class of people in this country.
Our government, which is corrupt like every other, is constantly working to undermine our status as citizens and relegate us to the status of subjects. We won't allow that, so we constantly push back. This is why Trump started TruthSocial – why Elon Musk bought Twitter – why Rumble became a thing – why Cody Wilson started Defense Distributed – why I started GunGuyTV, and so on.
This is also why many Americans (probably most) prefer to be self-sufficient rather than to rely upon government. Here are some examples:
· When a power outage happens in my neighborhood, almost nobody is affected by it. Everyone either has solar with backup batteries or emergency generators.
· If there was a food shortage, just about everyone here would simply eat the food they produce. Everybody has a garden and fruit trees - most people have chickens, etc.
· When Black Lives Matter decided to start a riot in a neighboring town, men in my neighborhood armed themselves and prepared to protect the neighborhood. The police were overwhelmed. We were not.
I live in a suburb of San Diego California. You can imagine what it might be like in a rural area.
Now, with that abbreviated look at the American culture, I will try to answer your questions.
· Question: "do u feel insecure over there if u dont carry a firearm?"
No. It is not an issue of insecurity. It is an issue of self-sufficiency. I have no fear of criminals or violence because I can defend myself. I don't need to rely upon a government employee (policeman) to do it for me.
· Question: "Is it that dangerous ?"
It is no more dangerous than any other first world country. That said, violence happens in every country and sometimes in places where people feel very safe. I am unconcerned about it since I have the ability to defend myself against criminal violence.
· Question: "That of u leave your home without u feel u just prey ?"
No. Why would I feel like prey? I'm not. I'm an armed American citizen. Anyone who thinks of an armed American as prey is in for a terrible shock.
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