»A World Without Dissent«

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... betitelt James Lyons-Weiler einen lesenswerten Text:

Fear is a powerful leash.

If in 2000, you were told that American citizens would willfully subject themselves to arbitrary searches of their bodies and belonging, including strip searches on demand, simply to board a plane and travel from one state to another, you’d tell that person they were crazy.

Yet, to go anywhere via plane, we subject ourselves to such invasions of their person and seizures of their property.

Let’s have a look at the Fourth Amendment:

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Personal items have been seized by the TSA, from bottled water and sunscreen to knives, guns, axes, razors, and chainsaws have been seized by TSA. The valuable items are sold and the funds go to the US Treasury. But still… probable cause applies to individuals, not to groups of individuals, and not to the entire population.

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