Karl Marx HATED the middle class and the Capitalist system.
So here we sit in 2013, implementing Marxist idea after Marxist idea after Marxist idea - and the people who bring us this stuff sit in mystified wonder at where the middle class went.
This would be like the Nazis acting shocked that the Jewish population is disappearing...
Check the comments below the Guardian article. Constant referencing of Marx. Disgusting.