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Anyone who has ever had a crucial message fail to arrive through WhatsApp or the like understands that these aren't just toys and gadgets anymore. Many an old novel and short story revolve around a fateful letter that never arrives.

There's a reason we call them Postmaster General and Surgeon General in English: these people are supposed to be authorities, like monarchs, who have mutual obligations to their subjects.

Zuck is not mature enough to be Postmaster Second Lieutenant.

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