The USPS Part Duh: The Netflix Paradigm

I had an add-on thought to my post from the other day about the United States Postal Service. While many of the "free-market solves all" types howl for the Post Office to be shut down in favor of for-profit private enterprise, I would wager many of them don't realize (or don't want to) how instrumental a postal service operated by the state can be for business. As one example of a government operation being instrumental in the creation of new, competitive businesses, I offer you Netflix.

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