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That would be a fine argument, if anyone had proof that invasive search practices actually made peoples lifes noticeably safer.

And yet, almost every single time such practices are implemented, nothing about actual safety changes...but a whole lot about surveillance does.

"People willing to trade their freedom for temporary security will lose both.

-- Benajmin Franklin, paraphrased



> That would be a fine argument, if anyone had proof that invasive search practices actually made peoples lifes noticeably safer.

El Salvador. Case closed.

"Mama! Poo-poo!"

— Adolf Hitler, as a toddler




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