Could postal workers

[I_UndergroundPanther]

Defend the sort machines and ignore dejoys orders?

[DUgosh]

1. All the workers in my red neck town

Are rapid Donny supporters - they would drag the machines and burn them and then hold a parade afterwards.

[jmbar2]

2. That's a scary thought

If the postal workers become brainwashed by the authoritarians, they could themselves subvert the mail for many political purposes. Nothing would kill the postal system faster. Maybe this is what it's all about.

[magicarpet]

4. This postal worker was a proud Fascist Rethug....

A West Virginia postal carrier pled guilty to mail and election fraud after admitting he changed the political affiliation on multiple voter ballots from Democrat to Republican.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/07/10/west-virginia-mail-carrier-guilty-election-fraud-altered-ballot-requests/5412010002/

[abqtommy]

3. This isn't a problem created by a cult of postal workers, it's the tRUMP/reTHUG/sPUTIN cult

that is destroying every decent thing we've ever had in the U.S. ...

[CTyankee]

5. The Republicans have wanted to privatize the mail service for as long as I can remember.

This is not new.

[HotTeaBag]

6. Chances are they'd be fired in minutes.

Which, come to think about it may very well what Dejoy is hoping will happen - no sorting machines, fewer mailboxes and a cut to the workforce - that'll certainly slow things down.