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SEAL Team 3 Member Breaks Down America’s Biggest Threats | Mike Ritland

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there’s actually two two things I think number one yes I share your concern with their ability to to completely neutralize our power grid I think it speaks to the archaic nature with which our power grid still exists on um and I and I would say that uh you know take uh take the the you know nuclear warfare I mean we’re the only country who’s actually done it yeah you know and I’m not saying that that that was even necessarily the right call but if you look at you know okay if we don’t do it and and you know we’re going to spend the next nine years in in Japan and we’re going to lose 2 million [ __ ] American soldiers you know is that the lesser of two evils probably um you know those are are debates that you can have and and you can see every side till you’re blue in the face but uh to me that that’s the one of the the core principles and problems that our government and Society have is is uh you know sending sending troops and and then trying to micromanage them I mean to me it’s like you’re an Eagles fan right it’s like having uh having the the Eagles offense being voted on by the [ __ ] by the audience you know or by The Spectators you know it’s like it just doesn’t work that way you know and uh you you’ve got to trust that that they’re going to do the right [ __ ] job and you’re going to go watch them uh but you’re not calling the [ __ ] plays you know so that’s just how it has to be well we also live in the mass media age now which is even extending back to previous eras where we are Monday morning quarterbacking everything sometimes it’s good to analyze you know to figure out what’s right and wrong but there’s this there’s this demonization that will that will occur with people having big opinions on past decisions I know I’m guilty of it sometimes as well but it’s like you know now the military is thinking about that in the present because they’re thinking oh my God how are people going to litigate this 2 months from now or 2 years from now or 20 years from now because it’s easy to just be able to be mad that like War happened or whatever you know catastrophe happened and then find someone to blame yeah afterwards and I think we’ve seen that unfortunately with the the war on terror period with Afghanistan and Iraq like I love how you put it earlier as a veteran I I always make sure I say this with the guys I have in here it’s like the politicians and the people back home are the ones who tell you to go there it’s not your fault for going there right you have a job to do when you go there so I I don’t ever think we should litigate that but people will go literally litigate like the job that like veterans did you’ve seen it with the Eddie Gallagher case you even saw it with a case that Shawn changed my mind on the Blackwater case like I followed that in the media I thought those guys were guilty as [ __ ] you look at the actual case I don’t think they were I think they were in a really tough spot and they got hung out to dry and it’s like what is that doing to incentivize the younger generations of kids who see stuff like this and go [ __ ] I don’t want to yeah you know I don’t want to get involved with that yeah and and so to me I would say not an easy Fair fix but a simple fix is is look at the at the blame game is it you know if you if you really want to fix that problem stop blaming the soldiers and blame the [ __ ] people that sent them there you know because I’ll tell you right now if you started threatening [ __ ] the people who decide that hey we’re going to go we’re going to send these guys to war and then they do a bunch of crazy [ __ ] and say okay just like the this case in in Michigan fairly recently where the the School shooters parents got arrested yeah you know like that’s going to make you it’s going to make every [ __ ] parent in the country pay way closer attention to what their kids are doing who they’re talking to online all that [ __ ] you start throwing congressmen in jail for sending us to a war where bad [ __ ] happened I bet they’re going to be way less [ __ ] likely to send us there you know I mean so to me at least start with the root of the problem which is don’t send us there if you don’t want horrible [ __ ] to do what is the military’s [ __ ] primary purpose it’s to [ __ ] [ __ ] up period like it’s it’s not the Red Cross it’s not the [ __ ] humane soci like it’s not anything it’s not Mother Teresa like it’s not a mission you know from a missionary standpoint like our job is to go over and neutralize this country’s threats that’s that’s really it you know so if you don’t want us to do that just don’t [ __ ] send us there that’s that’s a clean way of putting it this this this part of the conversation was really good I I like this you’re time to piss is that what you’re saying actually yeah I can go if you got to go right now I I can always go let’s do it all right we’ll be right back but anyway we are back I actually just thought of something though in the bathroom I forgot to ask you about a few minutes ago when you were talking about it with Visa V China but like I’ve had conversations with a bunch of people on this podcast about different potential weapon threats and things like that and without a doubt one of the scariest ones I ever studied was in a book called sandworm with a guy who’s now A friend of mine Andy Greenberg who’s been on the show I had I was reading that book like four or five years ago and he talked about how there was a a basically a test run done in Russia or in Ukraine by Russia back in 2014 and 2015 in that area of shutting down the power grid in Ukraine now he’s writing about this before the Ukraine war and all that but when I read about the technological capabilities of this and basically how Russia for example as one country was showing oh we can do this no problem that got me real scared because you know I start doing math you shut down you’re able to shut down two-thirds of the power grid in the United States of America for like two weeks like the number of people dying is an insane number and it’s I mean it’s a it’s a nuclear type event right and so I know like I’ve talked with Shan about this on the podcast as well he has a lot of thoughts on the power grid and a big fear of him is China with those abilities because it’s like well if Russia has it of course China has it my whole thing is I don’t want to be complacent in thinking of this but but like they haven’t done any of that stuff as far as I know they haven’t attempted to do it maybe intelligence knows something I don’t is part of it because like these countries know if they did something like that we’re going to do it 10 times as worse to them with our capabilities can I answer your question with a question yeah what about holding your dick made you think of sandworm I got to [ __ ] with you if you’re thinking about it in the bathroom I got to know where the inspiration came from was just thinking about the name of the book when I was doing that little diet tribe right there but touche yeah well so there’s there’s actually two two things I think number one yes I share your concern with their ability to to completely [ __ ] neutralize our power grid I think it speaks to the archaic nature with which our power grid still exists on um and I and I would say that there is a thing to them not doing it I tend to lean more towards it’s it’s more of a selfish reason reason financially is is that if you think about the amount of of economic infrastructure that exists in China and how greatly they are benefiting from us using Amazon and and so many manufacturers using them is that if they do that you know it’s it’s kind of like a drug dealer spiking all of your customers you know I mean like there’s there’s a a point of that which they they’re going to [ __ ] their their economy would collapse if ours did you know so to them there’s a huge financial incentive not to do it not even I I think arrogance wise they’re probably more of the train of thought of like we could [ __ ] destroy you and you and you couldn’t destroy us back if we wanted to because they’re pretty a pretty confident arrogant [ __ ] country but I think skin in the game financially plays a much bigger role for them as to why they’re not doing anything like that I would I would say that that’s the them attacking the power grid is is tied in terms of things that I I would be concerned with the thing is Russia and Putin’s like special um pet project of the Poseidon missiles I don’t know if you’ve heard of them or not they’re they’re basically nuke powered miniature submarines and there’s from what I’ve heard roughly 25 of them and you know so because they’re on nuke power and they’re unmanned they have a nuclear warhead on them and they can travel like up to like [ __ ] 90 or 100 knots like way faster than we can do anything about they can just circumnavigate the globe indefinitely because they’re encapsulated self-contained nuke power and they’re basically he can just say hit the Eastern Seaboard and one of them at 100 knots an hour will [ __ ] just go go demolish right where we’re at and there’s 25 of them you know so to me because out there yeah you know again somebody I’m sure will skewer my my stats on how many there are what their capabilities are but it’s something to that that effect and uh so to me that’s equally as terrifying because I think number one he has way less to lose economically by us being [ __ ] because we don’t depend like he doesn’t depend on us and vice versa um and I think he’s way more of a [ __ ] Loose Cannon you can tell by the political opponents that he’s whacked and you know and doesn’t even try to hide it you know the journalist that he [ __ ] either makes disappear or uh or poisons or throws in jail or whatever uh so I think he’s he’s a little crazier than XI jingping is and so um to me those are are pretty equally terrifying as far as existential American threats yeah I hadn’t thought of that economic logic though on the US that now that you say it it seems very obvious but that’s interesting do you think that that also prevents at least for the time being any other type of action from China until they figure out a way to be self-contained which they’re not doing a great job of being self-contained economically yeah no I I think that’s the biggest Driving Force and and it’s going to continue it’s going to continue to I would say dictate not even influence dictate their decision to not do things Beyond a certain level uh in [ __ ] with us I think that you know the hacking of airports the hacking of yeah you know Regional Water and Power grids and you know throwing the balloons like they’re always testing the water thank you for watching the video guys if you haven’t already subscribed please smash that subscribe button and check out this clip’s full podcast episode by clicking here or in the description below

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Introduction: What is Free Speech Today?

In a world where political discourse is dominated by big tech, cable news, and social media influencers, free speech is constantly under threat. From censorship of conservative viewpoints to the silencing of dissent on controversial issues, we are witnessing an alarming trend of restrictions on the most fundamental rights of any citizen in our Constitutional Republic: the right to speak freely.

But what does free speech truly mean in today’s context? Are we protecting it, or are we allowing authoritarian ideologies like socialism, communism, fascism, and dictatorships to erode it?


The Constitutional Perspective: Why Free Speech is Non-Negotiable

The First Amendment of the United States Constitution is crystal clear: “Congress shall make no law… abridging the freedom of speech.” The Founding Fathers understood the importance of free speech in preserving a free society. Without it, the ability to challenge government, expose corruption, and advocate for truth would be crushed.

Yet today, under the guise of protecting people from “misinformation” and “hate speech,” powerful institutions are curbing our ability to express ideas that do not conform to their narratives.

Do we not see this as a slippery slope toward authoritarianism?

Shouldn’t we, as citizens, be the ones who decide what we can or cannot hear, not a centralized body or corporation?


Social Media and Cable News: Platforms or Gatekeepers?

Social media was once hailed as the bastion of free speech. It allowed ordinary individuals to share their thoughts, advocate for causes, and hold the powerful accountable. However, over the years, major platforms like Twitter (now X), Facebook, and YouTube have become gatekeepers rather than facilitators of free expression.

Algorithms favor certain ideologies, while alternative viewpoints—especially those with a more conservative or constitutional slant—are shadow-banned, demonetized, or outright censored.

Does this not resemble the tactics of monarchies, communistic or fascist regimes that control what their citizens can see and hear?

Shouldn’t a true democracy allow the free flow of ideas, even if those ideas challenge the status quo?


Social Media Influencers: Fighters for Freedom or Puppets of Censorship?

Many social media influencers, especially those aligned with constitutional values, have become modern-day warriors for free speech. Yet, they face intense backlash, censorship, and de-platforming for voicing opinions that challenge globalist or left-leaning narratives.

How many times have we seen influential voices banned simply for questioning government policies, election results, or health mandates?

Isn’t it concerning that only a select group of elites can decide what is “acceptable” discourse?

While some influencers fall in line with these restrictive policies, others have emerged as champions for free speech, using their platforms to resist censorship and uphold constitutional rights. The question is: Will we support these voices, or will we allow them to be drowned out by corporate and governmental censorship?


The Dangers of Socialism, Communism, and Fascism: A Threat to Free Speech

At the heart of socialism, communism, and fascism lies a common tactic—control over speech. These ideologies have historically sought to suppress dissent, limit expression, and create a monolithic narrative that favors those in power.

Look no further than authoritarian regimes past and present, where dissenters are imprisoned, media is state-controlled, and free speech is criminalized. Can we really ignore the striking similarities between these oppressive ideologies and the current state of political discourse in America?

Is the suppression of speech today not a precursor to more draconian measures tomorrow?

Should we not fight to preserve the right to freely express political, social, and economic ideas?


The Truly Right View: Defending Freedom in the Digital Age

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