this post was submitted on 06 May 2025
245 points (99.2% liked)

United States | News & Politics

2873 readers
916 users here now

Welcome to [email protected], where you can share and converse about the different things happening all over/about the United States.

If you’re interested in participating, please subscribe.

Rules

Be respectful and civil. No racism/bigotry/hateful speech.

Post anything related to the United States.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
all 44 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 121 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

There’s gonna be so much to unfuck after this presidency ends in 100 years.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

let's start by nationalizing Amazon.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

No, start by nationalizing SpaceX. Then we can deliver packages REALLY FAST.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I actually want my package in one piece tho.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

eh.... best I can do is dejoy delivery sometime in the next decade

[–] untakenusername -3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'd rather have it be cut up into a bunch of little companies.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] untakenusername 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

it would allow for a more efficient and streamlined delivery service alongside better regulated sale of goods and proper quality checking and consumer protections that most people moan about the lack of, which would not be fixed just by monopoly busting

[–] untakenusername 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

nationalizing it would keep it a monopoly, while cutting it up would cause the bits of the company to have to compete to keep each of their delivery services efficient and streamlined

consumer protections can be implemented with regulations

edit: if you wanna silently downvote me, say why

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Oh, I didn't downvote you. Others did, government corporations by themselves don't act like monopolies because they do not prioritise money but instead influence and power, you wouldn't need predatory tactics to keep people using your state owned solutions and a government wouldn't employ predatory tactics to beat down on competitors, if it truly was meant only for the government then it would have private investment into the field made illegal.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Just burn it to the ground. It's just consumerism.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

But how will people get their daily dose of treats then????

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

It's absolutely gonna feel like a 100 years. FML....

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

We'd be better off rebuilding it all from scratch with an economic system that actually works for the people this time.

[–] [email protected] 67 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Monopoly laws should prevent retarded shit like this.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

how? for more than half of the US fedex, ups, and for ~ two places dhl exist. vertical integration isn't prevented by anti-trust or monopoly laws.

The USPS is important because of rural and remote places that would otherwise completely lack mail services for even just sending tax to the government.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 weeks ago

Those poor drivers are already overworked and underpaid. I can only imagine what hell they’d go through having to also deliver normal mail.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I guess it does not matter to these fucks that the Postal Service is enshrined in the fucking Constitution.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Yup. And then there's this idiot shit:

"but it doesn't make a profit!"

/SLAP/ you dumbfucks it's A SERVICE, it's not supposed to make profits it's supposed to ensure the transit of information and packages.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago

this is just more indication of destroying the society. Where I want to live starts with a seat of government, followed by post, followed by libraries, followed by education.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago

Damn, sucks to be FedEx and UPS. Spending millions in lobbying for decades only to get the snub by Mango Mussolini.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago

So the plan is to replace all the union jobs with contractors that don't get benefits, are filmed on the job at all times, and to have the hiring organization control all power of negotiation.

Fucking great. Let's do it. Make america poor again. Time to go back to the 1800s guys.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

Fuck Jeff Bezos.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

What a treasure trove of data they’ll collect on us all. I hate this timeline

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Stupid people news.