Eroding our basic systems
"business as usual" #dontBelieveIt https://t.co/7CPDrL046D
— waffletchnlgy 🚴 (@waffletchnlgy) August 14, 2020
My neighbor postal worker came home quite upset: they started cutting his hours. First they remove 671 high volume sorting machines, then they cut the work hours. Wait for it ... #USPS can not handle the mail-in voting volume. This is #sabotage. This is #VoterSuppression.
— waffletchnlgy 🚴 (@waffletchnlgy) August 16, 2020
The erosion of the basic workings of the United States Postal Service is no surprise. In The Fifth Risk, Michael Lewis warns us about how Trump is attacking important systems which make our country function.
When Trump “fires” the climate scientists at NOAA, Trump is impacting a lot more than the creation of climate reports. He is affecting how air traffic controllers and airlines get their weather reports. But who cares? Who even knows what NOAA stands for or what they bring to us?
With the postal service, it is different. My neighbor’s livelihood is affected. People are not receiving their medicine. Income cheques are delayed. Finally, (I hope), folks who didn’t realize the damage Trump is doing to important institutions, are waking up.