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Re:20 years after 9/11: Will we ever stop taking our shoes o... by javert on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @11:31AM (#28458564)
> What are we doing this for?

The "Homeland Security" apparatus is hungry and must grow.

It's about jobs, power, and money for these bureaucrats.

The "Homeland Security" apparatus is the most powerful political force in America, and is more dominant than either political party.

Another term for this is the police-military-industrial complex.

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Re:20 years after 9/11: Will we ever stop taking our shoes o... by chakkepolja on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @11:34AM (#28458628)
Police-military-industrial complex is bad. But the liberal_arts-journalism-clickbait complex overstates it.
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