Why do we agree to take off our shoes at the airport?

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codingdave · 7m ago

While the anthropological perspective is admittedly interesting, there are two premises to this article that seem to be false:

1) You no longer have to remove shoes at the airport in the US.

2) There are plenty of people who reject this entire process and just stopped flying.

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Why do we agree to take off our shoes at the airport?

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