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I read a few blogs, and notice that quite a few seem to have a readership of older folks, pessimists, doomsters, etc. Two that are in occasional rotation are Of Two Minds and Mush Shedlock. Both try to establish analytical credibility, but it's always the same - things are bad, things are getting worse, this is why that won't work, etc. On many of these blogs, the blog's owner's story and personality also become part of the show as in Wolf Street, Naked Capitalism and The Market Ticker.

With the aging population and the accompanying health complaints, accumulated regrets, inflexibility and adversity to change, and the big one - retirement insecurity, can money be made fueling these feelings and giving folks a format on which to vent?