"...100 years from now, PBS won't be able to have an "Antiques Roadshow." There won't be anything left from the early 21st century, because it was all cheap Chinese crap that fell apart in 10 years. And good 20th century American furniture will be worth its weight in gold..."
I've thought that, too. Go to a thrift store and you can still find wonderful pieces from the Fifties and sometimes Sixties that were American-made and are now considered collectible. But the stuff from the Seventies on is garbage.
We try to avoid buying made-in-China whenever possible - the furniture is all particle board and weighs a ton. That's how you can tell it's junk.
"...100 years from now, PBS won't be able to"
Please, not another century of government subsidized TV.