If „a significant portion of the population is not sentient“ is too uncomfortable, then yes they are bots.

I'm watching the youtube video now, and I'm trying to find evidence that David Horowitz was debanked for having the wrong political views.

Marc seems to be making 2 claims. One, The US Government debanks marijuana dealers, sex workers and crypto companies that break federal law.

Two, that the US Government de-banks people for having the wrong right-wing (never left-wing) politics.

The first I buy and I think is worth debating, the second I can't find any evidence for.

> the second I can't find any evidence for

If this seems unlikely to you, I recommend checking out Mike Benz, a former State Dept insider who has decided to blow the whistle. A good start is "The History of the Intelligence State": https://x.com/MikeBenzCyber/status/1838448979799085456

Bari Weiss’s substack had an article month ago that talked about some of the known cases of claim #2.

https://www.thefp.com/p/debanking-america-melania-barron-tru...

Bari Weiss’ article seems to say that the concerns are bipartisan. Marc Andreesen outright said it was only folks on the right getting debanked and implied it was Elizabeth Warren doing the debanking.