Watch this, then ask yourself, what are you going to do about it? Mike Daisy thinks he’s found the answer. Upgrade your products less frequently until Apple makes Foxconn change its worker practices.

Question for the audience; How many successful human rights campaigns have been waged on the premise of just taking advantage of the products of human abuse only ‘less frequently’?

Big. Fat. Zero.

Mike Daisy is an actor, not an activist. His primary interest isn’t in human rights. It’s for his play. In a year he’ll be on to the next one. But I’m okay with that, because the world needs people who will at least do something to bring attention to the moral evils in our world. Mike has a talent suited to doing so, and I welcome that he’s bringing attention to the labor issues at Foxconn. In fact, he’s the reason I’m posting this and spreading the word, because I care too. I just hope that he stops trying to have his cake and eat it too.

I would hate to stop upgrading my Apple iPod. I really love it. It’s an excellent productivity device. But perhaps it’s time to stop buying products made by Chinese factories that don’t treat their employees right.