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Short videos with a punchy, comedic tone and entertaining Socratic characters taking on trending issues and important concepts from a classical liberal perspective, written & animated by Seamus Coughlin.

Does the TSA Actually Keep Us Safe?

January 23, 2024

On this episode of Common Sense Soapbox, Sarah naively believes that the TSA is helpful in keeping American air passengers safe from terrorism. Florida Man, Ron, and Seamus quickly convince her otherwise.


CREDITS:
Written by Sean Malone and Seamus Coughlin
Animated by LtAmazil, Adamdonk, and Emily Slatt
Voiced by Seamus Coughlin and nosoup4knowles
Layout by Jaime Velasquez, Trevor Smith
Produced & Edited by Sean W. Malone


LINKS:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ellistalton/2019/01/28/is-the-tsa-really-necessary/?sh=3e58ce4c25e0
https://www.vox.com/2016/5/17/11687014/tsa-against-airport-security
https://reason.com/2021/11/19/after-20-years-of-failure-kill-the-tsa/
https://reason.com/2022/01/07/airport-security-measures-are-popular-but-pointless/
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-03/airport-security-astoundingly-expensive-and-95-percent-ineffective
https://hotair.com/marykatharine/2014/10/29/tsa-confiscates-a-toy-ray-gun-belt-buckle-because-security-n193795


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