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Postal service is a public service, thus there shouldn't be any contracts, TOS or competition. Sad to see civilizational damages caused by neoliberalism, even
by wolvesechoes 10mo ago
Postal service is a public service, thus there shouldn't be any contracts, TOS or competition.
Sad to see civilizational damages caused by neoliberalism, even in such countries as Denmark.
- port11 10mo agoI generally agree (my post history should back my anti-neoliberalism), but I suppose eventually the postal service becomes a relic that can't operate on the same terms. At what loss should we accept a letter to be delivered? Or should they charge the real cost of delivering it? EU governments are cutting costs everywhere, this is the end result of recession-era policies. Of course it could also be due to mismanagement. If Amazon is allowed to subcontract its own delivery people, and somehow that's profitable, public post companies might find ways to stay relevant.
- wolvesechoes 10mo agoI am for postal service being reformed and handle digital communication as well. But let's not forget that network and electricity are not given once and for all. We may end up experiencing quite long periods without them. Country that would get rid of related infra and know-how would be helpless.
- port11 10mo agoInternet, electricity, all other utilities are usually profitable. In fact, these are the ones that get privatised largely because they're profitable.