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And lots of things deliver value and bless people along the way. Even a restaurant that eventually "fails" still employs staff, feeds patrons, purchases food fr
by mikepurvis 3y ago
And lots of things deliver value and bless people along the way. Even a restaurant that eventually "fails" still employs staff, feeds patrons, purchases food from suppliers, and all the rest of it.
A thing doesn't have to achieve a shoot-the-moon ending in order to be a non-failure.
- code_duck 3y agoIndeed, that’s what I think about ideas like “Twitter wasn’t profitable” or “the post office loses money”.
- mikepurvis 3y agoThe post office losing money is especially ludicrous because the post office is not a business— it's a public service. It should be obvious to anyone who thinks about it for two seconds that the post office is financed from the general tax base, same as libraries, highways, parks, defense, airline bailouts, and all the rest of it. All of these are run at a loss because it's worthwhile living in a society that enjoys the benefits they provide. (And in the particular case of the USPS, it's literally enshrined in the constitution because it was seen as a pillar of democracy to be able to securely communicate with others over long distances.)
- drdec 3y ago> It should be obvious to anyone who thinks about it for two seconds that the post office is financed from the general tax base This is not true in the US, the post office budget is separate and not subsidized by taxes.