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[rockmanj]

I'm not sure I get your meaning. A worker not being able to afford what he's working on is as natural as a worker being able to afford it. It has also been like that throughout human civilization, not only from the 19th century and heavy industrialization. If you are meaning they can't afford a single phone, then yes, there's some irony in it. But let's not forget that if we move to luxury items, houses, cars, and such things, there are also people in Western countries who can only dream of affording what they are assembling.

Well that, and I was talking to someone that I know that was assisting in building a facility where vegetables were to be grown on site. The vegetables were going to be sold at a very high cost, meaning that the people involved in planting and running the outfit would not be able to afford them. I think that has mostly been a trend in the Western world and modern civilization. There are still places where people share in what they make/create/build, but you still have to admit that it is kind of ironic.

And I am not saying we go full socialist or anything. And factory or manufacturing job in the US? I don't see a full revival happening, but I think if investors get more involved in the green economy, it could provide a bit of a boost.

But back on topic, more on the Megaupload case and the chilling effect it is having on file locker services.

And the NYT piece about Apple manufacturing in China http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/bu...pagewanted=all