Over at Gaping Void, Hugh MacLeod gives us his vision of consumerism’s future, and I’m buying what he’s selling.

There’s a good chunk of the middle class that, although certainly nice people, hard working, reliable and whatnot, are not particularly bright, creative, or too fond of original thought, nor taking risks. This class I see being bled white over the next few decades, as their niches dry up like summer puddles.