The Department of Homeland Security, which houses agencies focused on immigration, disaster response and cybersecurity, is on track to shut down Saturday as lawmakers leave town without a funding agreement or a deal that Democrats hope will rein in the conduct of federal immigration officers.
I mean… That’s why it’s called theater, because its theatrics to make you feel secure but doesn’t actually secure anything at all.
So what those other countries are doing is simply called “security.”
Most of what they do is security theatre as well. They are just a lot more competent and efficient about it.
Had a friend who worked customs. 95% of their actual work was behind the scenes. Most of the public facing stuff was book keeping and window dressing.