Sure, and if you pay for general aviation, you can have an actual good experience flying.
Paying the fees for TSA pre-check or Clear to opt out of unnecessary screening feels like paying the mafia to opt out of unnecessary physical injury and property damage.
You can either live your life angry that you had to pay for better treatment, or angry that you didn’t get better treatment for free, but only one of those options is more comfortable than the other.
Or you can be angry at an exploitative situation and try to change it for the better, rather than just resigning yourself to expect better treatment that is not conditional on price gouging.
Paying the fees for TSA pre-check or Clear to opt out of unnecessary screening feels like paying the mafia to opt out of unnecessary physical injury and property damage.