@violetmadder @jonathankoren i continue to think we could spend all this money on improving all of our lives instead of paying for our own abuse, and that would correlate with decreased violence, crime, etc.

so I’m just thinking out loud, not attacking you (truly)! I have no idea what you believe. and you’re right: hijackings used to be a much bigger problem (until a decade before TSA)

I’m sick of living under state surveillance & true threat!

@violetmadder @jonathankoren it’s not just that TSA isn’t “perfect.” I’m saying it’s an actively corrosive aspect of daily life that mostly amounts to bullshit but also aids the surveillance state!

and, now, they’re being supplanted by an organization that has been killing and kidnapping hundreds of thousands of people?

which, sure, they could do if there had been no tsa. but would it go down as easily if we weren’t used to being hassled? idk!