• RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    The only reason to privatize the USPS is to be able to take loans against the pension so you can indirectly steal the pension.

    This benefits no one.

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        3 months ago

        Absolutely. When people say “This benefits no one!” It’s usually because they aren’t the ones benefiting from it, and can’t internalise that they’re going to be getting fucked so someone, who already has more money than most Nations could spend in several decades, gets a bit more money.

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          3 months ago

          can’t internalise that they’re going to be getting fucked so someone,

          And instead of learning the fucking lesson a normie decides to bootlicker harder.

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            3 months ago

            Unfortunately, that’s almost a century of indoctrination at work. If they manage to oust the Fascists, thr US can look forward to a long hard road of deprogramming a vast portion of their population. If they even care to. Probably better off going full collapse and rebuilding as a bunch of new countries.

  • Crampon@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    The state runs a postal service to facilitate for the generation of wealth by making logistics easier. The postal service doesn’t have to be profitable as the state get its money by taxes on both end of production and consumption.

    A private company don’t care about this. They have to survive solely by transporting goods. With no care for what the goods is or how efficient its moved. If the rural community won’t generate enough profit from the transportation of goods they just shut it down.

    As a results it’s impossible for new local businesses to emerge. Want to start an online store selling handcrafted goods? Oops you can’t move your product.

    Anything that won’t allow for multiple companies to operate simultaneously everywhere should be state owned.

    Try running multiple trains on the same track at the same time at different speed. Doesn’t work well does it?

    Why did we privatise the Norwegian railway service…

  • Brumefey@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    I’m from Europe and I don’t have any single example of privatisation leading to improvement. Everything went shittier and more expensive due to privatisation. The perfect example is in France with EDF (electricity).