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What is the most deceptive thing that you’ve experienced? (lemmy.world)
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[–] 2 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

Many "government" entities in the US are private for-profit companies: Postal Service, vehicle licensing, electric companies, water companies, which control the very infrastructure of everyday life.

Capitalism.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    The USPS is not a private for-profit company, despite the Republican party’s efforts to make it so for decades. It used to not even be for-profit, until the Republican party passed legislation to forcing it to be run in the black. Actually it’s still not for-profit; it just has to break even.

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  • [–] -2 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Maybe not by definition, but in terms of operations, yes. If it wasn't operated like a private company, it wouldn't need a union.

    And guess what union is probably the largest in the US?

    National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC)

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    If it wasn’t operated like a private company, it wouldn’t need a union.

    Why wouldn’t it? Public ownership doesn’t magically guarantee better treatment than private. Guess what is actually the largest union in the US, at over ten times larger than the NALC? The National Education Association (NEA) of public school teachers.

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