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Don't blame me for that (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 175 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That fee is there to remind us that the terrorists won.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Based on the flags being waved in the streets of NYC, Texas and California the terrorists are continuing to 'win' in America. UK looking that way too, electing them this week.

[–] [email protected] 150 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Of course the U.S. would find a way to charge you for terrorism.

[–] [email protected] 67 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Capitalism always wins in America

[+] [email protected] -45 points 8 months ago (2 children)

That's not capitalism.

[–] [email protected] 65 points 8 months ago (1 children)

After 9/11 the airline industry was in shambles, no one wanted to fly

Stocks plummeted, regular people sold as fast as they could.

Billionaires bought it at the bottom, because they had already started lobbying for the bailout. They got big checks, stock recovered, they made crazy money.

But it wasn't enough, they instituted these "temporary fees" to pay for what they lobbied for to make Americans feel safe enough: security theater.

20+ years later we're all still paying money in taxes for this, even if we've never set foot on a plane. And the airlines use it to justify getting their own slice.

Like, you realize tax money pays for it already anyways, right? We're all paying the security billfor private billion dollar corporations, and because we have no other options, they still have the balls to charge customers for it.

That's just how it is in capitalism, when ethics aren't mandated any organization that forgoes ethics for profits will do better than others and eventually absorb or replace them.

Cyberpunk dystopia isn't a possible future, it's the inevitable result of unregulated capitalism

[+] [email protected] -26 points 8 months ago (1 children)

None of that makes it capitalism, which is an economic system where private companies own everything. A company charging fees isn't capitalism.

Using capitalism to describe every negative thing a company does is no different than the other side calling every social policy communist.

Capitalism is bad, but use the term correctly.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

This is like saying a person isn't a murderer for just pointing a gun at someone and pulling the trigger...

Because all that does is put a bullet where they aimed the gun

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

You clearly need to know the difference so let me help you:

Something bad happens: It is the fault of socialism

Something bad happens because of a company: Clearly the company is just looking out for its best interests and even if it's at fault it's unspeakable to blame the system for the actions of one bad company on the system that incentivizes companies to do that. Have you considered people are lazy?

I hope that helped.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Ah you're right, why hold individuals accountable when we can just blame the system and absolve them of responsibility

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Neither of those are mutually exclusive. You can and should do both.

Personally responsibility should be enforced.

But a system that not only encourages but rewards that behavior should be dismantled/changed/attacked.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

thats exactly what it is

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago

Most places do, they just lump it into the total cost instead of outright telling you.

[–] [email protected] 91 points 8 months ago (2 children)

The fee not being $9.11 is really a missed opportunity

[–] [email protected] 42 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Inflation hit like a plane, or two

[–] [email protected] 35 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Also you could add a $17.76 freedom fee.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (2 children)

And a 694.20 meme fee

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

You are getting overcharged.

I only pay 420.69

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Don't sell yourself so cheap! 69.420 is the corrected amount, in Sweet Lord Jesus currency.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Umm, what?

[–] [email protected] 39 points 8 months ago

Some interesting insights into how much money they collect with that fee and how far it goes to offset the security theater performances.

https://www.tsa.gov/for-industry/security-fees

[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago

Go look at a BA ticket. I just found out that my round trip flight from the US to Scotland is only $60. Round. Trip. For $60.

Of course there’s $260 in taxes and airport fees and $280 in “carrier surcharges”.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago

premium flex~

you know the flight is premium just from the heft it does to your wallet~

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Those mandatory extra fees are more than I paid for my last Ryanair flight.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

if (canz make profit) then [ do that ]

else ... wtf is this "else" thing?!