Wow, great read dude. I understand what you are trying to say and agree with the big-picture examples you put across ;) nice one.

Techno IS still in its infancy and has growing pains, there is no doubt about that and progress will be had in time. I see the fact that many people immitate each other as a process of learning. Producer A puts down some stuff that gets a good reaction from the dancefloor/punters then producer B, C, D...etc immitates that sound through influence or jumping on the band-wagon to sell records etc.

The result is that the sound producer A developed gets flagged as a new sub-genre and flogged out then everyone gets sick of it and goes searching for the next thing. This cycle is getting quick which causes growing pains. Combined with the lack of economy in this music and the fact that everyone wants to be a super-star and you get jealousy, in-fighting and heated flaming of each other.

It will pass and its important right now as an artist to focus on what you want to do with your music rather than focus on the economics of it....as you said. Let time do the rest. There is always frustration and crazy emotional explosions from artists as they twist their mind around trying to produce the ideas in their heads or say what they want to say through music. I think we should understand this and accept that is what happens. (the whole Chris McM thing is a perfect example of what many of us have thought from time-to-time).