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I’ve always seen this as a primary function of the postal service. The government should defend and maintain it as the essential medium of communication that it
by MontagFTB 6y ago
I’ve always seen this as a primary function of the postal service. The government should defend and maintain it as the essential medium of communication that it is. It’s not as fast as most forms of modern communication, but it handles a lot of essential tasks efficiently.
On a somewhat related note, never underestimate the bandwidth of a sneakernet.
- kube-system 6y agoAbsolutely, and this is my go-to argument any time someone says that the USPS is obsolete/unprofitable/archaic/redundant/etc. The point of the USPS is that the government can always correspond with any of its citizens, with an organizational service guarantee.
- beerandt 6y agoBut even postal longhaul trucking is private contracted, even if it's not to one giant entity. Same for rural route carriers.
- kortilla 6y agoThey can’t stop the service though. At most they can delay it while the government changes contractors.
- beerandt 6y agoIsn't this basically true for all the cases listed above? It's semantics at some point. But I don't know where. Ie, even if USPS operated the routes, they're relying on trucks built by private companies.
- kortilla 6y agoNo, it’s not the same because the users can still get the same service eventually. Trump will never be able to access his Twitter followers again.
- rswail 6y agoGovernment contracts don't change the requirements of the Government to deliver the mandated services.