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“His selection isn’t just a conflict of interest — it’s an aggressive step toward handing America’s mail system over to corporate interests,” Brian Renfroe, the president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, said in a statement. “Private shippers have been waiting to get USPS out of parcel delivery for years.”

    • LasherzM
      23•28 days ago

      Dejoy was step one. This is definitely step 2 or 3 at least. Arguably not making Amazon pay taxes when they’re one of the heaviest users of interstates was also a step…

  • @Trimatrix@lemmy.world
    20•28 days ago

    Mirror’s Edge wasn’t a fun parkour game was it? It was actually a prophecy in the privatization of mail.

  • @Zenith@lemm.ee
    13•28 days ago

    Why was Biden supposedly unable to get rid of DeJoy yet this dude can step in no problem?

    • @WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10•28 days ago

      Because the bulk of Democrats are owned and financed by the same oligarchs funding Republicans/Trump — America is (functionally equivalent to) a corporate dictatorship, merely masquerading as a democracy, and has been for many decades.

    • @curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      2•28 days ago

      Because a panel manages the postmaster, not the president, and there have to be very specific reasons for removal.

      And now, DeJoy stepped down. He was not removed.

      Now someone new was selected.