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Domestic shippers should not exist (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago by to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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I had a realization that the very existence of private domestic shippers in countries indicates a failure of their government to provide universal infrastructure needed by all citizens.

There may be specialized needs like same-day couriers, special handling requirements and other edge cases, but those should be small specialty houses, not international mega-corps.

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[–] [S] 1 point 1 week ago*

The required obligations of the USPS do hamstring them competitively in some areas, that is true. That said, I don't believe their charter requires them to permit repackaging and reselling their service.

Since this is a tax-subsidized public amenity, it strikes me as an abuse of the commons to allow a shipping company to ship things on someone else's behalf using the USPS. It seems directly analogous to digging up the flowers in the park and selling them.

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