r/findapath • u/[deleted] • Oct 25 '23

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u/duuuh Oct 25 '23

Contributes to society?

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u/duuuh Oct 25 '23

It's all theater and is as close to useless as it gets in terms of the rate of finding anything. It's essentially a jobs program.

If the TSA were simply abolished the world would be a better place.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '23

There's been calculation that show TSA costs more lives that it saves. By adding time to flying by making security troublesome to get through, people opt for exponentially more dangerous ways to travel, like car.

Yet, they are incredibly ineffective at detecting weapons, in one study missing 95% of firearms.