Frankly, the negative response to what FedEx is able to pull off reeks of first-world privilege. There's a lot of people who are quick to point fingers and tal

Frankly, the negative response to what FedEx is able to pull off reeks of first-world privilege. There's a lot of people who are quick to point fingers and talk about the exploitation of capitalism, but they've never even left the safety and comfort of the functioning country they grew up in to realize how absolutely amazing it is you can even get a package delivered in nearly every corner of the world for a reasonable price. As someone that's traveled around the world and had to ship things at odd times in strange places, I have nothing but admiration for the logistics networks that were built by organizations like FedEx and DHL. As someone who grew up relatively poor in a rural part of the US, I have nothing but admiration for the capabilities of the USPS and their coverage area. The comments in this thread act like the article is committing the great man fallacy because it's talking about the work the founder put into FedEx. Yet, all of that is (presumably) factually accurate, which doesn't detract from larger systemic points, but certainly shouldn't encourage darts to be lobbed. The only folks who can possibly throw stones here are those who are ignorant of the realities of global logistics. Physical logistics is HARD, significantly harder than any problem the average tech worker has had to deal with in their life of air conditioned offices and ever more powerful systems available to them to solve problems. I mean, my god, FedEx solved the logistical hurdles of package delivery so thoroughly they were able to put an API on top of it. That's got to be worth at least a little admiration.