While I don't disagree with you, I do want to make clear for the sake of argument that those mountains were there before the microchip, and they'll remain for a

While I don't disagree with you, I do want to make clear for the sake of argument that those mountains were there before the microchip, and they'll remain for a very long time. My point is that a big money monoculture is a great way to homogenize and wash out a cosmopolitan culture. The homeless might remain, but the hippies are long gone...