httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWQ_UV-9Wb4
This video, from Drew Carey’s libertarian-leaning ReasonTV, is supposed to convince Americans that they shouldn’t buy iPods.
Why?
They may be “designed by Apple in California” but almost all of the 451-odd parts hail from abroad — the screen from Japan, the battery from Chile the CPU design from Britain — and it’s assembled, of course, in China. (The info comes from a 2007 report you can download the pdf here).
So the iPod, goes the ReasonTV argument, is not an American product. Buying them is not patriotic — real patriots would take a hammer to them. (Though if you stick with the video until its nearly 10 minute conclusion, it comes back around to why buying them isn’t all bad for the US economy).
The beauty-bashing the foreign-made beast action happens at about 2:30.
Confession: I know I’m missing the point, but even watching these chicks smash what look like fake iPods makes me cringe.
Nicole Martinelli is a San Francisco freelance writer who heads up Cult of Mac Magazine, our weekly publication available on iTunes. You can find her on Twitter and Google+. If you’re doing something new, cool and Apple-related, email her.
