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post offices should have reverse economies of scale. sending one letter should be free and sending ten thousand letters should cost a million dollars
@clarity As far as I can tell this is…kinda complicated.
I used to work for a junk mail, ahem, direct mail company. Half the clients were nonprofits sending heart-rending pleas for more cash. The others were pharmas reminding patients to take their meds. Everything was morally grey. 
Commercial mailers get bulk rates. But they also cost even less to process, so at the end of the day, they might be subsidizing that holiday card you addressed by hand
@neilk yeah but on the other hand, I'm watching an anime where a character talks about how postmen carry people's hopes and dreams in their letters and thinking about how. no they fucking don't, they carry advertisements.
@clarity And bills!