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Undoubtedly the decade is summed up by what happened in the world of violence. The attack on the World Trade Center, the resulting curtailing of personal liberty across the world, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the increased level of violence in many other countries (Sudan, Israel/Palestine, Chechenya, Pakistan, and so on).
Increased technology and decreased regulation throughout the western world led to an intense period of apparent financial stability from the late 90's to the mid 00's, and immense growth in personal wealth for an entire tier of the lower middle class, but sadly it was illusory and built on sand.
It's the decade that environmentalism came centre stage in many countries, that the majority of the world accepted global warming, and a minority accepted that it is probably caused by human activity.
I hope that the 00's will be seen as the decade that the world realises that just because you CAN, doesn't mean you SHOULD.
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Overhead, the Albatross hangs motionless upon the air,
And deep beneath the rolling waves,
In labyrinths of Coral Caves,
The Echo of a distant time
Comes willowing across the sand;
And everthing is Green and Submarine
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