I tend to believe that the only reason the United States continues to represent that idea of freedom in the minds of the people is simply because of guns, because guns are a constitutional right and a whole culture has developed around it, so people won't let their guns take away. If the people were defenseless before the state, if there was no right to bear arms, probably the United States would have already completely turned into a totalitarian dictatorship like China. And with it, all of Europe was also downhill, because we know that, as things are now, they are largely satellite states. Ultimately, those who believe they are owners of America are the same ones who believe they are owners of Europe and the world, the same few hands.

But being things as they are, it becomes very difficult for them to rule through force, as ideally they would like to.