schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 months agoDanish postal service to stop delivering letters after 400 yearswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up1123arrow-down13 cross-posted to: world@quokk.auhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.senews@beehaw.orgcanada@lemmy.caworld@lemmy.world
arrow-up1120arrow-down1external-linkDanish postal service to stop delivering letters after 400 yearswww.theguardian.comschizoidman@lemmy.zip to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square24linkfedilink cross-posted to: world@quokk.auhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.senews@beehaw.orgcanada@lemmy.caworld@lemmy.world
minus-squareSolano@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34arrow-down1·2 months agoPrivatizing the mail service should be a huge concern to everyone involved. Why is it always bad news every where?
minus-squarefloofloof@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 months agoFor this kind of bad news, the answer is capitalism. All over the world governments serve capital and not the people.
minus-squareSmoothOperator@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 months agoDenmark is highly digitized. Mail is no longer a critical infrastructure, no need for the state to maintain it.
minus-squareatro_city@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoDoes the Danish postal service not deliver packets? Is it really that different from delivering letters?
minus-squareSmoothOperator@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoIt does. And yes, it is. The logistics and pricing are very different. For one, by shutting down the letter system they can nix the mail drop-off boxes that were all over the place.
Privatizing the mail service should be a huge concern to everyone involved. Why is it always bad news every where?
For this kind of bad news, the answer is capitalism. All over the world governments serve capital and not the people.
Denmark is highly digitized. Mail is no longer a critical infrastructure, no need for the state to maintain it.
Does the Danish postal service not deliver packets? Is it really that different from delivering letters?
It does. And yes, it is. The logistics and pricing are very different. For one, by shutting down the letter system they can nix the mail drop-off boxes that were all over the place.