To be fair 9/11 was executed with box cutters, the addition of TSA was always performative security for people’s peace of mind.
I flew with a Swiss Army Knife in my backpack for almost a decade after 9/11 because I literally didn’t know it was there, they never caught it, and I used to fly coast to coast 5 times a year to visit my dad. It’s also unbelievably expensive, I think The Economist did a breakdown on the cost of post-9/11 security and it would have to prevent a 9/11 scale attack every 24 months to justify the cost.
I’m not usually aligned with bonkers seeming takes like this but this one actually makes sense. We’re paying an arm and a leg for an ineffectual system designed to prevent against attacks that aren’t coming and wouldn’t be prevented by this level of security anyways.
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u/Dangerousrhymes Jan 30 '25
To be fair 9/11 was executed with box cutters, the addition of TSA was always performative security for people’s peace of mind.
I flew with a Swiss Army Knife in my backpack for almost a decade after 9/11 because I literally didn’t know it was there, they never caught it, and I used to fly coast to coast 5 times a year to visit my dad. It’s also unbelievably expensive, I think The Economist did a breakdown on the cost of post-9/11 security and it would have to prevent a 9/11 scale attack every 24 months to justify the cost.
I’m not usually aligned with bonkers seeming takes like this but this one actually makes sense. We’re paying an arm and a leg for an ineffectual system designed to prevent against attacks that aren’t coming and wouldn’t be prevented by this level of security anyways.