Russell Brand
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Everything he talks about, as Evan Davis says quite early in that interview, is piecemeal and of little consequence to the bigger picture. He has a vague idea of a better world and no real sense of what the reality of this means.
But that is not a crime; the main problem I have with Brand is he seems to think he is talking for the common man and that’s what I find vaguely offensive about him. He has never lived the life of the common man and can’t understand what the majority of people really believe. He’s been either a drama school drop out, a junkie, a celebrity or a rich celebrity. He was probably about 8 the last time he had similar hopes and dreams as the man on the street.
I think his ideas ignore the vast majority of people in the western world, those being people with jobs and homes who want to work for a living and enjoy the spoils of what they have earned. Yes, we can all admit to wanting the political system to change and corporations to be held far more accountable but to suggest that ‘most people’ don’t want figure heads running the countries anymore is just wrong.
What is he suggesting replaces the government? What happens when ‘we’ take back General Motors? Who is going to handle this infrastructure? Does he think that the single mums squatting in their council flats that he seems so fond of are going to take on the problem of renewable energy for all?
Creative Direct Action. Empty buzz words from a media whore.