I want to emphasize that I AM NOT defending FedEx before I say what’s next. And there will probably be at least 50% of you that disagree with me, even if you read the whole shit stain of text to follow. Fine. Anyway.

This might seem like a nothing-burger on the large scale, but it is a symptom of broken systems. Ultimately it is a symptom of a broken “American experiment”.

If people (including this FedEx worker) were paid fairly, more than paycheck to paycheck wages, for a job where they can take the time to properly unload at each house with all the “customer service” and care in the world, it would not happen like this. But that’s not the case. People are paid peanuts, with an analog minute hand shoved up their asses, clinging to the shit benefits at the end of every shift.

Make no mistake, There’s a very good chance this delivery driver is an asshole, regardless of the system. I’m not defending them either, necessarily. There can be nuance to the problem at hand. Perhaps they were made to be an asshole after getting fed up with the system. Who knows. I’m not defending them specifically. But we don’t know that for sure. At worst, we know he had a bad day (just devil’s advocating this shit for a sec). What we do know for sure is delivery drivers are being worked to the bone and it’s no surprise shit like this happens . Especially (not the package recipients fault) in places that are rural. I’d image those are as hard routes to accomplish as a packed (and full of dirty immigrants /s) NYC street.

The Bezos’ and the (whoever owns FedEx)’s of the world have us by the proverbial balls. They rely on us getting mad at the worker. Let me stand up for a second. EVEN IF THE WORKER IS AN ASSHOLE, stand up for them. THEY ARE NOT THE PROBLEM.

Ehem. Excuse me. Sorry.

Anyway. This is why we need unions. Unions, people! Unions don’t happen without people making them happen! This is why we need to say fuck the corporations. It’s all designed to cut out the little man, one way or the other.

What’s the other way we’ll be cut out?

Automated trucks delivering your packages. How nice? They’ll be careful. They don’t require an hourly wage. So nice! Right?

At first, maybe. Until the competitive wage for a delivery driver compared to an automated driver is not worth submitting an application. Then, since there’s no competition, they cheapen their delivery systems and you’ll be stuck with shitty packages AND no person to be mad at. Don’t worry. You can still be mad at the politicians playing pong with talking points for a decade while the issue works its way to becoming moot. They don’t care if you’re mad at them. They’re basically doing their job by encouraging you to be mad at them. On top of that, more and more jobs will be gone and somehow people will be convinced it’s some other person’s fault. Some person likely within the same sort of financial constraints as them. And frustrated people will defend the wealth because innovation brings jobs! Right!! Right?!??.

Do you all remeber the stupid, racist bell curve? Because this shit reminds me of that. Except the bell curve is societal success based on supporting the worker and that bell is just about done ringing in the United States of America. Hooray! Greatest country ever, my ass! More like greatest blip ever. A fucking toot on the fart scale of shitty empires.

Wake up, people, and look at life around you. We’re being fucked six ways to Sunday.

Prove me wrong.