why our world sux

I just read an interesting article. The link is here:

http://www.macnewsworld.com/story/6C07rmGkmpn1Oe/The-iPods-Incredible-Journey.xhtml

I know not how long that it will be good, so don't wait.

The article is specifically about the new iPod Nano, but the story is relevant to all of us. Even without GW Bush, a recaltrant Congress and numerous other near-crisis factors, we, you and I, are killing ourselves economically. We are slaves to our own greed and gluttony for all things flashy and cool. This demand, combined with an extremely large pool of impoverished labor overseas, produces the elite class here at home, the ones that the Congress, Courts and Administration work for. The rest of us are simply lumps of coal, fuel for an all-consuming engine seeking only to preserve us. But we have iPods.

The elite are giving away the innovations produced domestically, (c'mon, you don't think that the new robber-barons overseas are really respectful of patents, copyrights and the like do you?), and then wonder why we are falling behind.

What goes around, comes around.