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[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I am legitimately surprised that the TSA has not been quietly disbanded by now

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[–] Lev_Astov@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Too many opportunities for skimming off the top to let go.

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[–] plutopos@lemmy.zip 1 point 1 month ago

This. Let people grow thirsty because they can barely bring any liquids through check-in, then sell them overpriced water

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[–] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

people won't fly if they don't go through the security theater beforehand. they wildly overestimate the likelihood of terrorism because the impact is very high, so if you don't make them take their shoes off, throw out their water and do a little security dance they'll assume they're going to be murdered.

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[–] Jtotheb@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

I have yet to meet someone saying thank you while being asked to walk through the metal detector a second time. I think it’s more along the lines of “this decision was never up to us.”

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[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah, those changes came while Constitutional law was suspended. The Patriot Act was a coup in and of itself.

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[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Come the fuck on....

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[–] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Eh, maybe you're right. It's been a while. Still, hard to overstate the raw terror in the first couple years, maybe now it's just entrenched bureaucracy

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[–] AnneBonny@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago

people won't fly if they don't go through the security theater beforehand

I can't speak for others, but I would.

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