I don't quite follow you.
Most of what you list in that rant actually came true. We live in pretty good times, all things considered.
If someone living in a Hollywood mansion is still shoving needles into their arm to escape themselves, or someone thinks their life sucks, I don't think the real problem is that they have too much stuff.
I don't think anyone promised that everything in the future would be free. Even George Jetson had to hold down a job. Isn't it enough that most of us have things now that only the rich had when we were kids? And not just consumer crap, either.
You seem to have enough sour grapes to start your own winery. Why?
