#CapXCLUSIVE: Of course, what Brand is selling is not new, it is just that he is cleverly using social media and post-modern media posturing to make bad old ideas look new. At root, like many restless, reckless, irresponsible left-wing revolutionaries down the ages he simply wants “the system” smashed to bits, so that out of the wreckage something else (what?) might emerge. But history suggests that in that smashing up – when property rights are trashed, private interests nationalised, freedom forfeited and democratic institutions subverted – a lot of people get hurt. Read more from Iain Martin: capx.co/scarily-there-is-a-big-market-for-revolutionary-russell-brands-anti-capitalist-idiocy/
Posted on: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 19:44:55 +0000