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[02:57.07]We are young, confident, affluent, and with no memory of tougher times
[03:01.40]We've grown up in an era of never ending financial growth
[03:04.49]And expected things to stay that way
[03:07.27]We've grown up in owner-occupied homes
[03:09.17]With total acceptance of technology, global warming and terrorism
[03:13.10]Our whole society has been based on consumerism for the past fifteen years
[03:17.49]Making us dream consumers, yet we don't know the difference between a credit card
[03:21.10]And a debit card, and we have no idea how much a pint of milk costs
[03:28.98]On average we have eight hundred illegally downloaded songs, and one in eight of us
[03:33.25]Spends more than one hundred pounds a month on our mobile phone bill
[03:36.10]We've never read a newspaper, and we've never used our chance to vote
[03:44.86]We allow our governments to make decisions without giving us all the facts
[03:48.38]They send troops abroad who will die
[03:50.04]In order that we can steal resources from the people who have them
[03:53.16]People who meant us little or no harm until we invaded their country
[03:56.92]We allow those troops to commit horrendous atrocities
[03:59.34]And yet our leaders hang our alleged enemies for much less
[04:02.99]We've spent years entrusting our futures to our parents, our governments
[04:06.84]And we've let them make selfish decisions
[04:12.87]That have left our society teetering on the edge of ruin
[04:17.53]We're blinded from the information that would really shock us
[04:21.23]By stories of sex and sleaze which doesn't make the smallest difference to our lives
[04:24.09]And so we have no desire to do anything about the things that really do
[04:27.05]We've watched as greed wipes billions of the world's stock markets
[04:31.22]Destroys jobs and lives
[04:33.01]And proves that capitalism is just as corruptible by human nature as communism
[04:38.59]These are tough times but we seek solace in our friends and co-conspirators
[04:43.10]We make small differences in each other's lives, and dream that we can make real progress