Just what is the TSA preventing?

A pleasant experience?

I have a third-hand account to share from someone who is in The Big Club. He traveled by private jet. He and his luggage were never checked by security. When traveling internationally the border guard would wave him through with a smile and a "good day sir". There was no scrutiny of his passport. He admitted the upper echelon of Davos and Bilderberg crowds traveled the same way. He knew that travel could be like this for everyone, but it isn't, deliberately.

The purpose of the TSA and like agencies around the world, he said, was "to wear us down."

That may not be the only reason but I believe it is part of it. A worn down populace lacks the spare energy to unite and oppose peasant status. I suppose the easy life also provides incentive for newcomers to join The Big Club, when invited.