00:00Once upon a time, we were, I'm told, citizens with rights.
00:10Margaret Thatcher came to power and she began to break down the sense of collective provision.
00:17When I really sort of discovered my underlying ideology was definitely during the Reagan and Thatcher era.
00:24That was the time of this insane individualism. If you didn't do it, it was your failure.
00:28You don't stay in power by convincing people that your system is the answer.
00:32You stay in power by convincing people that there is no alternative.
00:36And what do artists and writers and musicians do except dream by the ways of doing stuff?
00:42The people on the outside understand the system much better than the people on the inside.
00:48I was really affected by music. I saw the connection between the music and what was happening in America at
00:53the time.
00:53We said we're going to try to do a little bit about it, and then a lot about it after.
00:59Yeah, were we troublemakers? Sure. But you know what? We got a right to make trouble.
01:06Democracy requires participation.
01:11We all pay for not stepping in line, but we pay when we step in line as well.
01:18When we can use the structure, let's use the structure, but let's not have the structure use us.
01:22This generation is smarter than my generation. They will put the time and the energy in. It needs to be
01:28done.
01:29You can shoot the leaders, you can attack the crowd, and it comes back the next day.
01:34It comes back the next day because it believes in the beauty of its own dreams.
01:41Emigrata, emigraniata
01:43We're coming river every time
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