Philosophy
Some years ago, I remember thoroughly enjoying Russell Brand's BBC radio show. It was a fun combination of immature antics and thoughtful commentary on various issues, especially political. One of the recurring themes was his call for a quasi-Marxist political revolution in which the people would claim their rightful place and erect a government designed to protect their interests, not the interests of corporate overlords, the way it does now. Unfortunately, the immature antics eventually caught up with him and his show got cancelled.
The revolution, however, may still be on its way. A few months ago, while plugging his show, he stopped by the studios of MSNBC and hilariously schooled those fools on what actual journalism might look like. Then last month, when receiving the GQ Oracle Award, he delivered a funny speech that created some major cognitive dissonance for the organizers and those in attendance: he made them laugh and also made their sphincters tense up :)
Anyway, a couple of days ago he got interviewed by Jeremy Paxman who, like his brethren at MSNBC, was not ready for a comedian to dish out some intelligent, principled and in-your-face schooling on political ideology. The result was beautiful:
Of course, as with Marx, there's the question of how to balance the ideals and principles with the practical question of logistics and human nature... but still...
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Philosophy
Russell Brand - Let's Start a Revolution!
The revolution, however, may still be on its way. A few months ago, while plugging his show, he stopped by the studios of MSNBC and hilariously schooled those fools on what actual journalism might look like. Then last month, when receiving the GQ Oracle Award, he delivered a funny speech that created some major cognitive dissonance for the organizers and those in attendance: he made them laugh and also made their sphincters tense up :)
Anyway, a couple of days ago he got interviewed by Jeremy Paxman who, like his brethren at MSNBC, was not ready for a comedian to dish out some intelligent, principled and in-your-face schooling on political ideology. The result was beautiful:
Of course, as with Marx, there's the question of how to balance the ideals and principles with the practical question of logistics and human nature... but still...
- Conservatives To Poor, Hungry People: Fuck You!
Sometimes I wonder if this is all just some twisted dream, of a society run by psychopathic, corrupt, greedy and heartless corporate overlords who finance Fox News and the political campaigns of conservative underlings whose sole job is to drop their...
- Apparently Mitt Romney Can't Stand Half Of All Americans, And Most Of Them Are Conservatives And The Elderly...
You may have heard a few days ago that Mother Jones released a devastating series of videos showcasing Mitt Romney talking to a bunch of rich buddies and donors, and saying what he REALLY thinks about poor people when he doesn't know there's a...
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And so it was that three days after his crucifixion, Jesus sent the Easter bunny to lay some chocolate eggs for kids to find, get high on sugary sweets, and eventually get tooth decay that would drive stock prices up for the Tooth Fairy's corporate...
- The Kony Campaign Backlash
So the Kony campaign about which I reported recently has been making the news everywhere, first because of its viral popularity, and then because of questions of sincerity, possible embezzlement on the part of its executives, questions of a hoax, impracticality,...
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