Why Is There a TSA?

There are many bureaucratic ritualistic activities in daily life in the United States. Some of them seem entirely pointless. The TSA security at the airport, for example, was permanently jammed into American life after 9/11, which was almost certainly an entirely fake event staged by various governments or government like organizations after years of planning.

Prior to 9/11, there had been airplane hijackings and even bombings of commercial flights, but the minimal airport security did a more than adequate job in keeping the risk minimal for decades. I used to be able to get to the airport 30 minutes prior to a flight and easily make it to the gate for business travel.

One aspect of these rituals is they make some contractor corporation wealthy. A more important aspect is these rituals are training. It basically makes people into cattle and gets them to accept a variety of arbitrary inconveniences and irritations all the time.