Comedian and political commentator Russell Brand has delivered a scorching diatribe against the current state of politics in an interview this week that quickly went viral, inspiring countless internet users to voice their agreement with Brand.
Brand sat down with the BBC’s “Newsnight” to discuss his temporary position as the guest editor of the New Statesman magazine. The conversation began with Jeremy Paxman, a journalist known for his combative and aggressive tone, pressing Brand on why the public should take his opinion seriously when considering the fact that Brand has never voted.
“I don’t get my authority from this preexisting paradigm which is quite narrow and only serves a few people,” Brand said. “I look elsewhere for alternatives that might be of service to humanity.”
Paxman spent more than half of the ten minute interview attempting to discredit Brand and write him off as irrelevant because he does not participate in the demoncratic system, to which Brand retorts that to participate in a failed system is an exercise in foolishness and a waste of time. At the end of the interview he goes on the offensive leaving Paxman speechless. Brand simply overwhelms Paxman by repeatedly pointing out how the system does not work for the welfare of the people at all, but only for the elite, creating huge disparities and masses of poverty-stricken and desperate people.
It’s a great interview. Be sure to watch it all the way to the end
Read the RT article here.
