Please summarise this article based on the London...

This particular article on the London Riots focuses on the
consumerist element of the rioters.  The article brings out a very interesting
perspective on the riots.  In a consumerist and technologically driven age, the article
suggests that the riots were not driven by a political or social agenda.  Rather, they
were driven by the fact that the youth who rioted have been marginalized from this
economic reality.  One of the points that the article makes is that the riots are these
individuals' way of trying to reenter this domain that has been closed off from them. 
The article makes clear that there is a nihilistic element to the riots in that the
rioters are not really driven, outwardly, by political change.  They simply wish to gain
material items.  The article does point out that this only enhances their own
"criminality," and suggests that it is difficult to take the claims of social justice
seriously when seeing rioters bust into a clothing store, trying on different outfits
before taking what they want.  Yet, the article also points out that this materialism is
a part of this particular youth's approach, demonstrating the lack of fear of going to
jail over a pair of sneakers.  It is here where there is a sociological analysis of this
particular generation, and in the process some profound analysis that sees this group as
more than simply "criminals."