Sentence:  The chapter closes with some thoughts on the <WSD>obscene</WSD> consumer from both a postmodern, and especially a modern, perspective. From the latter point of view, the <WSD>obscene</WSD> consumer is one who either consumes too little or who consumes what are, from the prespective of consumer society, the 'wrong' things (heroin, guns). (I propose the concept of the 'dangerous consumer' here since it is clear that such consumers can pose a danger to contemporary society.) From a postmodern perspective, the <WSD>obscene</WSD> consumer is one who consumes in a highly visible manner. Such a consumer comes very close to Veblen's conspicuous consumer. While an argument can be made that some consumers are <WSD>obscene</WSD> from a postmodern point of view, the obscenities associated with McDonaldized systems, credit cards, the new means of consumption and so on are far more important than those associated with the consumer. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Offensive to current standards of decency or morality