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The alternative hero of that situation is the US government so ...
That's a very weird binary view. Do you think every situation involves one hero and one villain? I'd say many situations involve no heroes at all.
This is exactly why the original question is so loaded to be disengenuois.
Answering yes sounds foolish, while a complex answer sounds like waffling or even excusing, and will be generally ignored. Only the person who answers clearly with a "no" sounds reasonable.
Please explain the nuance to me here. It's really lost on me tbh