It's not possible to disagree with Ventura - in terms of his motivation, not his conclusions.
The problem is that Western society is so amazingly wealthy – by historical standards – that it can now afford detailing an incredible amount of resources to invading everybody's privacy. The TSA budget for 2012 (which includes not only the pat-down operators but all sorts of other, less intrusive services). This is, in other terms, less than 1% of America's GDP. Expensive in absolute terms, but in no way prohibitive. In short, there is not an economic argument to stop this. The costs are in dignity and privacy – items that are not tangible on a politician's ledger.
Until the time that we bring about an actual revolution – and I am all in favor of revolutions of the non-violent kind – the only recourse will be a house out in the boonies, like Tallpine's, or leaving to some third-world country where the wonders of rolling checkpoints have not yet arrived.
