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Neal Freiman

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Morning Brew Daily
English-Speaking Nations Are Sadder Than Ever & USPS is Running Out of Cash

Australia just banned social media for anyone under the age of 16.

Morning Brew Daily
English-Speaking Nations Are Sadder Than Ever & USPS is Running Out of Cash

A number of other countries and states in the United States have rallied around this particular concept of banning social media for kids under 16.

Morning Brew Daily
English-Speaking Nations Are Sadder Than Ever & USPS is Running Out of Cash

So they said we need to watch.

Morning Brew Daily
English-Speaking Nations Are Sadder Than Ever & USPS is Running Out of Cash

This is a very...

Morning Brew Daily
English-Speaking Nations Are Sadder Than Ever & USPS is Running Out of Cash

important global experiment because we have found that social media, especially visual-based, algorithmic-driven media, has led to unhappiness.

Morning Brew Daily
English-Speaking Nations Are Sadder Than Ever & USPS is Running Out of Cash

So what Australia is doing is so critically important for what could happen with the rest of the world.

Morning Brew Daily
English-Speaking Nations Are Sadder Than Ever & USPS is Running Out of Cash

to crush this, especially in a year with the Winter Olympics.

Morning Brew Daily
English-Speaking Nations Are Sadder Than Ever & USPS is Running Out of Cash

Everything is coming up, Norway and Finland and Sweden.

Morning Brew Daily
English-Speaking Nations Are Sadder Than Ever & USPS is Running Out of Cash

They talk about how much trust they have in society, talk a lot about access to healthcare.

Morning Brew Daily
English-Speaking Nations Are Sadder Than Ever & USPS is Running Out of Cash

They never sort of have to worry about that because it is all taken care of by the government.

Morning Brew Daily
English-Speaking Nations Are Sadder Than Ever & USPS is Running Out of Cash

But yeah, Finland, nine out of the last 10 years, they're so happy and they barely have any light and it's cold.

Morning Brew Daily
English-Speaking Nations Are Sadder Than Ever & USPS is Running Out of Cash

Maybe.

Morning Brew Daily
English-Speaking Nations Are Sadder Than Ever & USPS is Running Out of Cash

USPS is probably too big to fail.

Morning Brew Daily
English-Speaking Nations Are Sadder Than Ever & USPS is Running Out of Cash

But at the same time, it's also been set up to fail, at least in 2026.

Morning Brew Daily
English-Speaking Nations Are Sadder Than Ever & USPS is Running Out of Cash

It has a government mandate to deliver to roughly 1%.

Morning Brew Daily
English-Speaking Nations Are Sadder Than Ever & USPS is Running Out of Cash

170 million addresses nationwide, regardless of cost, six days a week.

Morning Brew Daily
English-Speaking Nations Are Sadder Than Ever & USPS is Running Out of Cash

And because of that, 71% of its delivery routes are financially underwater.

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English-Speaking Nations Are Sadder Than Ever & USPS is Running Out of Cash

It has lost money every single year since 2007.

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English-Speaking Nations Are Sadder Than Ever & USPS is Running Out of Cash

And mail volume is simply plummeting.

Morning Brew Daily
English-Speaking Nations Are Sadder Than Ever & USPS is Running Out of Cash

Total mail volume peaked