> I have a natural aversion to cults of personality and all that goes with them and 2. the Apple vision of the world is about consumer products. I think this is exactly the wrong direction for all of society (producer products are the future)
But producers produce products for consumers to consume. You can't just eliminate the consumer side of the equation. Without one there isn't the other.
> But producers produce products for consumers to consume.
Not necessarily. You can be a producer for yourself. I think the GP is arguing that technologies like 3D printing and practices like home gardening will flourish in the near future. Rather than buy stuff per se, people will buy equipment and tools that allow them to produce for themselves the stuff they would have bought.
But producers produce products for consumers to consume. You can't just eliminate the consumer side of the equation. Without one there isn't the other.