Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Day 14: Fixing Stuff


It used to be OK to get things fixed. Gone are the cobblers and small appliance repair-shops. The Maytag-Man was forced into an early retirement. North americans are finding better and more efficient ways to exploit cheap overseas products eliminating the need to fix anything. It's cheaper to have children kidnaped from the streets of Indian and Asian cities work to build a new one then it is to pay a repairman in your own neighborhood to fix it.

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