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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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[–] cattywampas@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I assumed the question was about packages/bulk goods, not mail.

[–] badgermurphy@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You don't have to personally send and receive parcels to depend on that service. If you ever buy goods of any kind, those exchanges depend upon the existence of shipping infrastructure. Everyone but those completely removed from society depends upon it in a very real capacity, just like people without cars still need there to be roads.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh, maybe. But once you have the infra to send a person to every house for mail, the rest isn't as hard.

[–] cattywampas@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

But we do have that. USPS will ship up to 70lbs, which will cover 99% of use cases.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 week ago

Mercenary shipping is like mercenary healthcare. Sure we can pretend we don't need it, or we can avoid it, but it never stops being a cost that eventually comes around to all of us -- only with layers of profit added on.