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TSA was never necessary, it was all theater to begin with. The median number of terrorism deaths per year in the U.S. for all years between 1970-2017 was 4 [1]
by nostrademons 8mo ago
TSA was never necessary, it was all theater to begin with. The median number of terrorism deaths per year in the U.S. for all years between 1970-2017 was 4 [1]. You have always been about 10x more likely to die from being struck by lightning than by being killed by a terrorist.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_in_the_United_States#Totals_in_the_U.S https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_in_the_United_States....
- lokar 8mo agoAnd for 9/11, the only change that actually matters is strengthening the cockpit door and keeping it locked.
- wat10000 8mo agoThat, and the knowledge that hijackers are going to kill you, so you need to fight back. 9/11 only worked because the passengers on three of the planes "knew" that being compliant was their best chance of survival in a hijacking. When passengers on the fourth plane discovered this was no longer the case, they foiled the attack.