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When the postal system started, localities had to prove the roads were good enough for postal delivery. Most of those rural roads were maintained by the locals.

• _archon_ 10y ago
  Now, they're maintained by taxpayers, i.e. the locals. What's your point?
  • nitwit005 10y ago
    It was unsubsidized and somewhat free market oriented? Not completely obviously, but people literally building their own roads, and then paying for mail delivery is definitely leaning that way.