Seriously you make a great point with the whole following orders thing. If I were blind maybe, but I see just fine. Some things that I am witnessing just do not seem like acceptable behavior on my part.
You are spot on with your observations today. Clearly, the company feels as though it would be just fine without its dedicated work slaves. Maybe they do expect to be bailed out if things go south. Perhaps they don't even want to exist anymore. I could see the government wanting to find a way to control what we ship even more than they already do. It is too easy to sneak things with the way USPS is now.
I know that the place will suffer at least momentarily without me. Most likely they will recover just fine, but if they realize for even just one second that I was a valuable asset, then I've made my point.
As much as I want businesses like this who try to control their workers to fail, at the same time it is a scary thought. Like you said it will cause major disruption with the way our society is used to functioning.
Thanks for a great comment!