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

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    In my country since the government privatized a part of postal service, the quality of service heavily declined to the point that now is almost guaranteed that they will “lose” your letter if you send it in a place that will cost too much to deliver

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    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.

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    Vital US services shouldn’t be privatized! You remember when firefighting companies extorted people to put out fires? If you didn’t have their symbol out front or weren’t current on your payments, they would just watch your home burn down…

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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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    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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    Ffs. Not everything fits cleanly into a for-profit model. Health care, postal service, and public transportation are great examples.

    This is how we know that billionaires are grifters far more than they are economists.

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      Yeah but healthcare, mail, and transportation are things people need to survive. That’s means you can jack that price up all you want and the customer can’t do anything about it. Infinite money baby!