• WhatSay@slrpnk.net
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    2 months ago

    You know who wants to replace the postal service? Amazon. They have delivery vehicles, lockers, and so on. They have been building towards it for years. I’m sure an attack on the postal service would leave Amazon on top, and I bet it’s a plan in the works.

    As for Amtrak, maybe musk wants to swallow it up with his boring company.

    • jj4211@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Actually they don’t, they want to replace fedex and UPS.

      No one wants the business of daily letter service.

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        What people who want to gut the postal service don’t understand is that it’s a fucking service.

        The USPS does last mile delivery for all courier agencies. FedEx and UPS won’t pay a driver to deliver your dildo out to your cabin in bumfuck Nebraska, but the USPS will, along with your tax documents, bank statements, and anything else you need.

        If you get rid of USPS, you’re cutting anyone who isn’t in a major city off from not only packages, but critical documents.

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          It is insane to me when people complain about the failure of a public service to turn a profit as if that’s some kind of bad or unexpected outcome.

          Services cost money to operate for the benefit of those using them. That is literally the point.

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    They already tried this in LA with privatizing the public transportation system back in the 50’s. The big car companies bought it all and dismantled it in favor of selling their cars.

    Most of Amtrak loses money except for the NE corridor. So if you privatize Amtrak it means even worse service and eventually no trains where it is not profitable.

    Same with privatization of the USPS, it just means less services for a higher price until they decide to close it altogether because email will replace letters altogether. Say good by to any privacy since all email is monitored and capitalized for marketing.

    Fuck fElon Muskrat.

  • MyOpinion@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    This has been a fever dream of Republicans for my entire life. Looks like they just may get it this time.

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      Right. And people will die because of it. That’s the problem, my friend.

      If you live in a small town, your meds might come by mail. Your pension check too. That kind of mission critical thing. And that absentee ballot? Yeah, no, that’s not gonna arrive on time.

      Of course one could build alternative services. But in the meantime, at least, it will ruin a lot of things that are working properly right now. That is the point. That is the objective.

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      2 months ago

      Definitely, I live in a very rural area of the country I think it might be one of the most rural places in the lower 48 states. And we heavily depend on the postal service to get things that we simply don’t have here. This will totally cripple my town and 99% of the people here will blame it on woke.

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    2 months ago

    This is exactly the shit that will give permanent erections to the cons.

    And people should not call this shit “Trumpism” - this is who the Republicans are and what the Republican project has always been. They HATE the idea of a functioning society for all. Next up, we’re going to hear how education should be handed over to the Devos family. You know, for “choice”.

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      2 months ago

      I think a much smaller object with much much greater velocity it’s referable.

  • Bathilda_Bagshot@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    They want to eliminate or control the Postal Service so that they can eliminate mail-in voting. Their added bonus is padding the pockets of fellow millionaires and billionaires.