And so, you know, many of the problems that Africa has now with this new generation of leaders, with this newly energized civil society, with people who are saying - you know, like the movie Network, we're mad as hell and we're not going to take it anymore - I mean, there is a new vibrancy among those who want to see a renaissance in the continent.

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And I just wear that sign on my chest proudly, and you know, I'm a part of the MS society.

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If they're also made to feel they don't fit in the society in which they hold citizenship, you know, by events like the ones we've just witnessed in London, then I think they face issues of identity, too, which are very painful for them and it alienates people.

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The concept of civic duty has been used by those in favour of creating a written constitution for the UK - the argument being that if you know what's expected of you by society, you're more likely to do it.

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The high priests and chieftains of the branding world (you know who you are) have literally and figuratively injected it into every aspect of society and culture, whether it fits or not.

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What's different about this one is it seems to me that the financial system has taken such a huge role in our society, the faults of that system are creeping over in part of the real economy, you know, the manufacturing sector, the consumer sector.

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