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When the government forces you to act like a clown for no apparent reason (lemmy.world)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/33509083

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[–] 22 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Security theater to assuage the public's (scared, rich, white people) fears after hyping up the threat of foreign terrorism.

Essentially, the establishment made a booboo and hurt the airline industry's bottom line in their efforts to destabilize the Middle East. So, they devised a sideshow circus to get people flying again.

It isn't even about jobs. They never gave a shit about jobs. It's always about the money.

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  • [+] -6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Yes because clearly people don't travel to countries with darker skinned people or simply because despite them not affording it their business sent them on a trip.

    You know, you don't have to work in the rich white people schtick into every conversation.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    No, I don't have to but, considering the topic, it was relevant to the situation.

    TSA exists the way it does in the USA specifically to assuage the fears of rich white people who travel for pleasure and getting them to fly again after the events of 9/11 which had a significant impact on the airline industry, seeing a significant decline in passengers, thus a decline in industry revenue.

    You also don't have to keep your head in the sand about the way the world works with every conversation you find yourself in.

    Now, piss off.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    my dude did you not speak to any person of Arab descent between 2001 and 2021? You couldn't even be Sikh without getting accused of being an Islamic terrorist

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago

    The point being- were there no rich black men taking flights? Rich women? or did they somehow not have to fear terrorist attacks on planes?

    There was no point in inserting that and it's not only not true but also prejudiced assuming of course there could only be rich white men taking flights. Certainly couldn't be minorities taking flights right?

    It was stupid to insert, out of place, and deserved to be called out.

    Has nothing to do with the profiling done on Arab/Sikh/etc. people done by TSA.

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