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The issue with removing these kind of regulations is always the same: there's fairly little political goodwill to be gained by it, and massive amount of potenti
by short_sells_poo 3y ago
The issue with removing these kind of regulations is always the same: there's fairly little political goodwill to be gained by it, and massive amount of potential loss if it were to backfire. So it just doesn't happen. It's why it's so important to fight pointless security theaters like this before they are introduced, because it is night impossible to get rid of them later.
- kdmccormick 3y agoThis confuses me, because it seems like almost everyone I talk to, across the political spectrum, thinks airport security is overkill. Conservatives could argue for reducing it because it might save money, and liberals could argue for reducing it because it might reduce incidence if racial profiling.
- short_sells_poo 3y agoAnd yet nobody is actually doing anything about it... I wonder why.
- kdmccormick 3y agoYeah, I am not saying you're wrong, I am honestly just confused by it. Perhaps it's that few pols are willing to roll back restrictions and then be "responsible" next time there's a terrorist attack. Kinda like how Dukakis was big into rehabilition and forgiveness for prisoners, which was great until a released prisoner committed violent crimes and of course then the blame is laid on Dukakis.