Russel Brand is remarkably reasonable. Sure, he is about as left wing as Chomsky is, but he is fairly down to earth and sharp, most likely due to how hard he has been broken down and dragged through the mud.
Even his take on the Capitol Storming was probably the most reasonable take I've seen so far. He also understands that populism isn't an evil and that its only portrayed as such because the elite controls the media; populism is and will always be a symptom of a failing democracy; it is what inevitably follows when the establishment neglects issues for decades or think they can push through abhorrent and utterly unacceptable to the point of treasonous policy by simply frog-boiling the populace.
The reason why populism has gotten such a bad rep is because its the precipice; once populism is rejected, civil war is all that remains. Once populism can't get through the ballot box, it simply means that democracy has failed; either the system is too rigged or its leader too lax and an overhaul is all that awaits it.
Democracy is not, was not and will never be some kind of golden method to assure good judgement of governance. What it is however is the only viable method to delegitimize all political violence within it. Once democracy ceases to works, violence becomes legitimate again. Its the simple practical of it all
Russel Brand is remarkably reasonable. Sure, he is about as left wing as Chomsky is, but he is fairly down to earth and sharp, most likely due to how hard he has been broken down and dragged through the mud.
Even his take on the Capitol Storming was probably the most reasonable take I've seen so far. He also understands that populism isn't an evil and that its only portrayed as such because the elite controls the media; populism is and will always be a symptom of a failing democracy; it is what inevitably follows when the establishment neglects issues for decades or think they can push through abhorrent and utterly unacceptable to the point of treasonous policy by simply frog-boiling the populace.
The reason why populism has gotten such a bad rep is because its the precipice; once populism is rejected, civil war is all that remains. Once populism can't get through the ballot box, it simply means that democracy has failed; either the system is too rigged or its leader too lax and an overhaul is all that awaits it.
Democracy is not, was not and will never be some kind of golden method to assure good judgement of governance. What it is however is the only viable method to delegitimize all political violence within it. Once democracy ceases to works, violence becomes legitimate again. Its the simple practical of it all