• shalafi@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    USPS fan here. BIG time fan.

    There will be riots in the streets before the postal service is privatized. Who will go for that?

    Democrats don’t want it. Country Republican voters would be outraged in minutes if their service was cut off or the price spiked. Those voters will notice fast. And they’ll take note faster than city people. LOL, their mailperson may be the one government official they know personally, and count on.

    We’re talking about a gigantic federal agency, gigantic. The USPS is simply too important to be fucked with. Anymore than we have already…

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      9 months ago

      My dumbass Republican father wants to do away with USPS entirely and rely solely on existing private businesses, such as FedEx or UPS.

      He lives in Tucson, AZ. So, not exactly country. But he’s fucking stupid.

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        I completely understand your experience. I am a resident of Tucson and we seem to be a bastion of purple in the sea of red that is Arizona.

        There are plenty of InfoWarrior rides and the occasional coal-roller can be found cruising the streets.

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      9 months ago

      normally I’d completely agree with you… but… DeJoy has been hatefucking the USPS for 4 years and we can’t seem to get rid of him - conservatives or libs. so…

      I dunno what the fuck to do, I just know nothing so far has worked.

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      Country Republican voters would be outraged in minutes if their service was cut off or the price spiked.

      What you’re missing here is that it takes a little while for things to go to shit. What you do as a smart conservative (bit of an oxymoron, I admit) is implement this towards the end of your term so that the effect will come when the democrat is in power in the next term.

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      9 months ago

      “In order to stop the Democrats from trying to steal another election by mail in ballots we will be shutting down the USPS and replacing it with a bigger more better delivery service. Why try to kick out the crooked left when we can’t start fresh with the best deliver-ers of packages and mail in the business. Only the finest of delivery men and women that believe in true American values.”

      -Trump probably

      I agree with what you’re saying but I also feel you are underestimating how gullible the base is AND how determined the GOP is to pass things once in power. They prefer the slow boil method.