• TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today
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      1 day ago

      A big GOP created “make work” program of security theater.

      Less of a “make work” program and more of subsidy to keep the privatized airlines afloat.

      Not sure how many people here remember the times immediately after 9/11, but a significant portion of the population were basically refusing to fly again for quite a while afterwards. Airlines were scrambling to get people to fly again and there were talks going around about them either going under or being socialized.

      The TSA was basically a program meant to get scared Americans back on planes so airlines could maintain enough profitability to remain privately owned.

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          18 hours ago

          Yep, especially when you realize that it’s basically a poor people punishment cause people with private jets don’t get the same treatment

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            How come the terrorists that can’t get on board of a commercial flight with their water-borne explosive charges haven’t committed an act of terror with a private plane?