The U.S. Postal Service the last bastion of epistolary open speech – that noble institution connecting people and packages across the nation will ultimately be privatized and managed in the image of Trump.
The UNITED STATES Postal Service – the service you can rely on, the cost for services the same throughout the nation – not like a big box retailer that increases prices when migrant farm workers come to shop.
What better way to ensure a robust, fair, and universally accessible mail system than to hand it over to the same corporate entities that can’t seem to deliver a pizza without charging you extra for “service” fees?
In our brave new world, the postman’s soul will no longer be a symbol of civic duty. Instead, the USPS will be a shareholder’s wet dream, where profits come before service and accountability is as rare as a snowstorm in the Sahara.
Need a stamp? That’ll be $4.00. Want to send a letter? Best hope you can afford the luxury of first-class service, because no one’s going to care about your important documents in the “discount” line.
This is how the American dream ends — not with a bang, but with an envelope. We’ll all just keep on mailing our hopes, dreams, and regrets to the abyss, while some slick CEO gets another bonus for shredding what’s left of our common good.