This post is brought to you by CAPITALISM

I saw a t-shirt with the ubiquitous Che stencil on it and a caption under it reading This T Shirt brought to by Capitalism I laughed and wondered how many people would buy it. I have seen similar things on the onion.com talking about Marley posters in frat houses or University anarchists who's parents are capitalist. Pretty funny but not that memorable until I encountered the uber consumer while I was riding to work. He was riding one of the newer cross bikes that used to be called city bikes that used to be called hybrid bikes that used to be called road bikes with riser bars. You could tell he had put a lot of thought into his "kit" since the bike, still gleaming new, already had stickers and something of a spoke card in the wheel. What caught my eye more than the bike was his pseudo cyclist uniform. I guess in order to ride a bike you have to be as uncomfortable as possible to get "street cred". The low slung messenger bag that had the red Manhattan portage logo double sized on the flap acted as a counter weight to his 3 coast 3 cadence while his north face jacket made sure the 15 degree plus weather wouldn't chill his bones. He had chosen to go with the Velcro strap around his trousers since rolling up expensive jeans probably irreparably creases them. The buttons on the man purse were neatly across the flap and they were, in order, a pentagram to show how much he didn't care about God (yet riding without a helmet puts you in his hands entirely), a middle finger that was flipping me off for looking at this buttons and a Che button. WTF! I had no idea what that meant but the implication of Che being a satanist who was flipping me off almost ruined my morning. I quickly averted my eyes only to lay them upon the pre-faded/written on vans. If you know the ones than you can imagine my dismay and if you don't you can find them online and they look like ass. How lame do you have to be to pay more for shoes that already have writing on them? I passed him and was happy to be on my way but he must have felt my scornful glances because he ended up at the same bike parking lot that I was at. He went out of his way to flaunt his affluence by asking the staff if they could break a 10,000 yen note. He didn't have any change for the vending machine I guess.