Dueling Rejections of Bourgeois Modernity

thedeadbeat:

deverly:

animalstalkinginallcaps:

YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN TO ME HOW A SET OF PORTABLE IPOD SPEAKERS THAT HOLD THEMSELVES TOGETHER WITH MAGNETS AND CHARGE OFF A USB PORT ONLY COST $21 INCLUDING SHIPPING BUT A POUND OF SHITTY BACON AT THE AVERAGE SUPERMARKET COSTS $6.50? I CAN BUY A 36” FLATSCREEN TV AT RADIO SHACK FOR LESS THAN THAN I CAN BUY TWO WEEKS WORTH OF GROCERIES.

I’M NO SCIENTIST BUT I’M PRETTY SURE MINING RARE EARTH METALS FROM THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE GLOBE AND SHIPPING THEM TO FACTORIES IN UNDERDEVELOPED NATIONS TO BE ASSEMBLED INTO SHITTY FLIP PHONES HAS GOT TO COST MORE THAN PULLING LETTUCE OUT OF THE GROUND OR FEEDING A PIG.