Post Office Hell

On Lenin, Socialism, and manifested bureaucracy

Gregory Bresiger remarks on his recent encounter with post office socialism:

Lenin once dismissed the question of how socialism would work by pointing to the workings of the post office. Socialism, he said, means only to ‘To organize the whole economy on the lines of the postal service.’

Well, I tried my best to avoid this pocket of socialism, but it was just unavoidable.

Great article. Comparisons to the DMV can be drawn as well. Nowadays though, you don’t technically have to queue anywhere for your post anymore. If you click here, you’ll be able to see how to use online US Global Mail, you won’t need to go anywhere to pick it up, get it sent electronically to you or sent in a bundle if you wish and if you don’t want it they dispose of it for you! It doesn’t have to be a hell of a chore for people.