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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/29403272

“His selection isn’t just a conflict of interest — it’s an aggressive step toward handing America’s mail system over to corporate interests,” Brian Renfroe, the president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, said in a statement. “Private shippers have been waiting to get USPS out of parcel delivery for years.”

      • TommySoda@lemmy.world
        7·
        7 hours ago

        Exactly. Those people want to become richer and the regime wants people they can have leverage over so they don’t step out of line. The only problem with this strategy is that it’s super fragile for both sides which is usually why it fails. Just google the oligarchs that got people like Hitler into power. They always think they are safe because they are loyal but it never lasts. In the end they are all power hungry and want to be the one on top. We can already see the infighting starting with people like Musk.

  • Nyticus@kbin.melroy.org
    16·
    9 hours ago

    Yup, I knew they’d top DeJoy. DeJoy came in, made sure his master got in the presidency both times and now that his job is done and got to comfortably step down, in comes this asshole to just finish the job by killing the USPS.

    • rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works
      19·
      8 hours ago

      Don’t worry, the USPS will still be tasked with the unprofitable, thankless job of delivering letters and flats, the raiders will carve out the quite profitable small package business, “raise the market floor” on the pricing and then lots of little mom and pop garage businesses are gonna get fucked.

      I’m tuned into what they are doing because my wife has one of those garage businesses. 10 years ago her standard package cost $3.15 most places in the US, now it’s $5.40 and honestly, I’m not mad. When these chucklefucks “raise the market floor” it’s going to be on par with UPS and FedEX, which costs $15+

      I repeat the phrase “raise the market floor” because that’s a quote from the leaked Wells Fargo proposal to privatize the USPS. They literally think we pay too little to ship small packages. It’s a small piece of shit floating by on this swollen river of sewage, but it’s one that’s going to affect me drastically so I’m paying attention to it.