Winners Of The Grand Prize!

Here we are
Victorious, we stand above
And shake our skinny fists to the sky
We've played the system, and won
The perfect example to all
Of a dream fully realized
Since we were but children
We've been told to act as such
And make the most of our lives
Of all the freedoms we are given
Of all the ways to infringe them upon others
Of all the ways to push ourselves to the top
Now we sit upon a pedestal
And push anyone who comes near down
We stand up, and take our prize from them
We see the failures of those who came before
And we've finally realized it
This system, which we locked with a golden key
It will slowly kill everyone who played a part in it
What have we done, if only to prepare for our own fall?