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TSA Final Rule: You Will Need REAL ID To Fly In The US Starting On May 7 (simpleflying.com)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has announced that starting in May 2025, following the publication of the final rule regarding the use of REAL ID enforcement across airports in the United States, travelers will have to have identification that meets security requirements.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So getting an ID is hard How is that racist

Never been at the license desk at the same time as one white and one non-white person? The difference is very noticeable.

In the case I recall most clearly, the tears and obvious fear of lost livelihood were stark.

The effect is racist, but the root intent is class warfare. The goal of many state level decision makers is ensuring poor people stay scared and too busy to unionize against the capital owners who finance the decision makers' campaigns.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Must be a US problen since I'm black and I have 0 issues getting ID or passport

[–] Evotech 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Of course, all Europeans/everyone else just have passports.

America just haven't figured out that system yet.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

This is a thread discussing a rule concerning the US.
If you live in another country, your experience regarding getting an ID is entirely irrelevant to this thread.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yes. It is a US problem. US state agencies have been racist (as a way to hide being in open class warfare against the poor) from their inception. The country was built on invasion and slavery, and grew more progressive about human rights over time.

The US has been in a "pretend we fixed it all so we don't have to fix anything further" phase for decades now.

The current (class warfare strategy) is passing harsh laws that are difficult (occasionally impossible) to comply with, and then selectively enforcing them using skin color and wealth.