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GiqueCee

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10. Ones and zeroes...
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 09:41 AM
Dec 21

... have no intrinsic value. There is no physical manifestation of digital currency; it depends on a shared delusion, just like the emperor's new clothes. and then there's the question: What happens if there is an Electro-Magnetic Pulse that makes it all go POOF?
Nothing good, we can be assured of that.
The USPS is the only business entity mentioned in the Constitution. The unbridled greed of corporatists has been the driving force behind efforts to destroy the Postal Service, such as the obscene requirement for the USPS to pay its retirement fund years in advance, which puts it in the hole every quarter. No other business entity or government agency is saddled with such an onerous demand.
Those proposing the total digitization of commerce don't give a happy rat's ass how forcing such a transition will affect those of limited means. "Little People" – meaning you and me – are given no choice in such matters, and the sales pitch is always a noxious stew of lies seasoned with veiled malicious threats if one fails to bend the knee to these sociopaths and their malign machinations.
Those of limited intellectual capacity lap up the bullshit Kool-Aid that corporatists spoon-feed them, and if it's to their own detriment, that's bad enough, but the rest of us get dragged into that mendacious sewer, too, and that's to the detriment of ALL of us, whether we like it or not.

Yeah. GOP has been working towards privatizing USPS for a while... Nittersing Dec 21 #1
I remember Newt Gingrich toying with the idea. oasis Dec 22 #39
makes me sad barbtries Dec 21 #2
I have mixed feelings. I still pay some of my bills generalbetrayus Dec 21 #4
Of those bills that you still pay by mail, can you pay them online? Polybius Dec 21 #15
Paying online is fine till the internet goes down b/c power or other reasons. Dixiegrrrl Dec 21 #17
One thing that I have learned here in Florida markodochartaigh Dec 21 #29
i'm not sure where my checks are, barbtries Dec 21 #25
I can, but I have reasons for not doing so. In one case, generalbetrayus Dec 22 #35
I would miss the delivery by the USPS. Out here in rural Arkansas and as a 77 year old it is nice to have. There have LiberalArkie Dec 21 #16
This could very feasibly happen here in the US in the not too distant future.... anciano Dec 21 #3
Ones and zeroes... GiqueCee Dec 21 #10
Exactly angrychair Dec 21 #21
See my comment 35. Paying a fee to pay a bill online generalbetrayus Dec 22 #36
In actual fact, all we have right now, and for some time, is ones and zeros.... reACTIONary Dec 21 #28
When Nixon, bless his black, shriveled little heart... GiqueCee Dec 21 #30
The general economic consensus is that a gold standard, both domestic and international, ... reACTIONary Dec 21 #33
Will the Refereees at football games popsdenver Dec 21 #19
A worthless Trump commemorative coin. generalbetrayus Dec 22 #37
AI and crypto is what they want, IMHO Evolve Dammit Dec 21 #22
Article doesn't say if this affects holiday cards and other greeting cards IronLionZion Dec 21 #5
"Article doesn't say if this affects holiday cards and other greeting cards" BumRushDaShow Dec 21 #8
USPS is pricing itself out of reach bucolic_frolic Dec 21 #6
USPS's chief budget constraint is the GOP Congress's requirement that the pension fund be FULLY funded -- eppur_se_muova Dec 21 #18
"USPS's chief budget constraint is the GOP Congress's requirement that the pension fund be FULLY funded" BumRushDaShow Dec 21 #27
Thanks for the info. Not all of use can keep up with all the wonky details. The main point I remembered was that ... eppur_se_muova Dec 21 #31
The damage was that pre-fund-for-75-years crap BumRushDaShow Dec 21 #32
Somebody in your area must have real pull with the USPS. generalbetrayus Dec 22 #38
I don't think our mail Karma13612 Dec 21 #7
"Once this goes into effect, they'll have to figure out who is going to deliver ballots to voters." BumRushDaShow Dec 21 #9
Danes have advanced voting Old Crank Dec 21 #12
The difference though BumRushDaShow Dec 21 #14
THIS eggplant Dec 21 #26
Yes. Old Crank Dec 21 #34
Online voting would be ripe for manipulation Bayard Dec 21 #23
Kick dalton99a Dec 21 #11
Denmark has 6 million people in half the area of Maine Old Crank Dec 21 #13
A private company with no pension obligation's are able to do it cheaper for obvious reasons Mr. Sparkle Dec 21 #20
We Await Silent Tristero's Empire Prairie Gates Dec 21 #24
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