{"id":60840,"date":"2021-01-06T02:00:04","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T07:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=60840"},"modified":"2021-01-05T09:12:31","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T14:12:31","slug":"the-use-and-abuse-of-the-us-postal-system-feat-mr-beat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2021\/01\/06\/the-use-and-abuse-of-the-us-postal-system-feat-mr-beat\/","title":{"rendered":"The Use and Abuse of the US Postal System (feat. Mr. Beat)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xu2RyBVC-Gk\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>The Cynical Historian<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 10 Oct 2020<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Private Internet Access for sponsoring this video.  Click here to get 77% off and 3-months free:  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?redir_token=QUFFLUhqbmNiVGE5LWhoLVQyQWlTcXlGR01JLTlpcW9WQXxBQ3Jtc0ttbXhxeks5cTduVjhWU3JqbWVMbm5vTjYxallsbklLT2RlUEFVSXhZRXQzbmVRVXlyc2xMR0ZPQklWYVlYUlRCZ0dSR2U2VndhaXRNVUFIUmQ1eW1fbGZXeGp5QXN0TEdvdmgxSXVGZWhkdXEwZmRSUQ%3D%3D&#038;event=video_description&#038;v=xu2RyBVC-Gk&#038;q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.privateinternetaccess.com%2FCynicalHistorian\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve been seeing a lot of coverage about the post office here in the United States. A lot of folks talk about the history of it, but generally in a piecemeal fashion. The fact most of this commentary lacks is that the post office has always been a political tool, from its beginnings even before the US Constitution. Interestingly enough, what it has been used for over the years has changed substantially, but it is always a harbinger of the up and coming dominant ideology. The post office is a cornerstone of our democracy. The postal system in the United States is uniquely important.<\/p>\n<p>Check out Mr. Beat&#8217;s video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=favVdKa6cRQ\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=favVdKa6cRQ<\/a><br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\nConnected videos:<br \/>\n3:30 &#8211; 1776 | Based on a True Story:  <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/xY4Te8Qm07A\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/xY4Te8Qm07A<\/a><br \/>\n9:15 &#8211; What caused the Mexican-American thing?  <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/HTmSN4Exci0\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/HTmSN4Exci0<\/a><br \/>\n9:15 &#8211; What Caused the Texas Revolution?  <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lDWH-DC74Pk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/lDWH-DC74Pk<\/a><br \/>\n9:25 &#8211; California Gold Rush:  <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/W1dmyx6LBKA\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/W1dmyx6LBKA<\/a><br \/>\n9:30 &#8211; History of California:  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wUD7y8912ViyAtGfraKi9ru\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n11:30 &#8211; The Sectional Crisis:  <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Ff2AKILyi0o\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/Ff2AKILyi0o<\/a><br \/>\n14:05 &#8211; History of Voting by Mail:  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=favVdKa6cRQ\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=favVd&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n18:25 &#8211; Trains and Oil in California:  <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/0Ef0Ir-hbFc\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/0Ef0Ir-hbFc<\/a><br \/>\n18:30 &#8211; The History of Early Flight:  <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/sPgxuD0uYYE\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/sPgxuD0uYYE<\/a><br \/>\n20:35 &#8211; US Veterans History:  <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ANUqaNykuRs\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/ANUqaNykuRs<\/a><br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\nreferences:<br \/>\n<em>The United States Postal Service: An American History<\/em> (Washington, DC:  United States Postal Service, 2020).  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?redir_token=QUFFLUhqbjlsTWlXZDJOcG0zQzNfVUhqLTZHcU0zVXQ2QXxBQ3Jtc0ttZERWNzFXcUlGaXpYVWRSTDU2NTZpVndFUTdjRVk3d3BoSTF4MFFHQTNiX0pSUGFwMHNITXJjQllPUUthUjhSd2NLN01YVkxTcDhXNmQ5S2FYeWNIM2wzNlRFUTltU0t3OThVRlBSWGY4U0djNWV4WQ%3D%3D&#038;event=video_description&#038;v=xu2RyBVC-Gk&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fabout.usps.com%2Fpublications%2Fpub100.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/about.usps.com\/publications\/p&#8230;<\/a> [PDF]<\/p>\n<p>USPS&#8217;s website has a trove of information on their history:  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?redir_token=QUFFLUhqbVZmaG1LVm9nQ08zNWpZUHoxTy0zSkQ3LXVKUXxBQ3Jtc0trblliQzNnOTVodlZ0QXV5dzViODBwVW16cks0WFhXMmN5Mnpicko4UVl0dlhFT3RIUGVfaGRIanphYnNva3hRb3RPMVg1dG5JMy1sZ3k0RHJpQjBFSnhic2VtZ1FnbWVaN1l2ZTdINVBKTUtiZ1VrUQ%3D%3D&#038;event=video_description&#038;v=xu2RyBVC-Gk&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fabout.usps.com%2Fwho-we-are%2Fpostal-history%2F\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/about.usps.com\/who-we-are\/pos&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nThe national postal museum is run by the Smithsonian and includes numerous research articles available to anyone on their website:  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?redir_token=QUFFLUhqbkZBVDFWYkNYekp5U0NqOGd3cFQ2Ty1zemxhZ3xBQ3Jtc0trWWI1SkFzMEItSnNOaF9qVkFWSFpiTjk3QmFkM0h0VGViN3drbHlTdjN1VXlrMWFSU04yQkZGZlVRRHlnRkZWY1VhX3Y1dXhMOHd0TnZ6NlBCRHY1RzJZazI4QnBTVUhNUjE1dGNQdFlIOUpDaG9ocw%3D%3D&#038;event=video_description&#038;v=xu2RyBVC-Gk&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fpostalmuseum.si.edu%2Fresearch-articles\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/postalmuseum.si.edu\/research-&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?redir_token=QUFFLUhqbS13dEgwZU04c3FoMzdrMkFFSEJxZS11VDFYUXxBQ3Jtc0tsOEp6MHRrRklfaUkySE16RHI2TS1NUXc1LVVJYmVTaUtSUExvWFczaWFIWmJvQ05iZkRNWkktRGNmUUk1QlNoaFR1WFp4MmNIeXlnUXpQNklSNHctRzBlMzF3Y2dVcmpWNWgwcmVGbk1lemVuQmtxZw%3D%3D&#038;event=video_description&#038;v=xu2RyBVC-Gk&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalgeographic.com%2Fhistory%2F2020%2F05%2Ftumultuous-history-united-states-postal-service-constant-fight-survival%2F\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/hi&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Support the channel through PATREON:<br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/CynicalHistorian\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/CynicalHistorian<\/a><br \/>\nor by purchasing MERCH:  teespring.com\/stores\/the-cynical-hist&#8230;<br \/>\nLET&#8217;S CONNECT:<br \/>\nDiscord:  <a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/Ukthk4U\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/discord.gg\/Ukthk4U<\/a><br \/>\nTwitter:  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cynical_History\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cynical_History<\/a><br \/>\nSubreddit:  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/CynicalHistory\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/CynicalHistory\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Wiki: The United States Postal Service (USPS; also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or Postal Service) is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the United States, including its insular areas and associated states. It is one of the few government agencies explicitly authorized by the United States Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>The USPS traces its roots to 1775 during the Second Continental Congress, when Benjamin Franklin was appointed the first postmaster general. The Post Office Department was created in 1792 with the passage of the Postal Service Act. It was elevated to a cabinet-level department in 1872, and was transformed by the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 into the United States Postal Service as an independent agency. Since the early 1980s, many direct tax subsidies to the USPS (with the exception of subsidies for costs associated with disabled and overseas voters) have been reduced or eliminated.<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\nHashtags:  #history #USPS #USMail<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screenshot_2021-01-06-The-Use-and-Abuse-of-the-US-Postal-System-feat-Mr-Beat.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screenshot_2021-01-06-The-Use-and-Abuse-of-the-US-Postal-System-feat-Mr-Beat-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-62486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screenshot_2021-01-06-The-Use-and-Abuse-of-the-US-Postal-System-feat-Mr-Beat-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screenshot_2021-01-06-The-Use-and-Abuse-of-the-US-Postal-System-feat-Mr-Beat-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screenshot_2021-01-06-The-Use-and-Abuse-of-the-US-Postal-System-feat-Mr-Beat-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Screenshot_2021-01-06-The-Use-and-Abuse-of-the-US-Postal-System-feat-Mr-Beat.png 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cynical Historian Published 10 Oct 2020 Thanks to Private Internet Access for sponsoring this video. 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