About this Brand interview from leftwingtittletattle.wordpress/2013/10/24/paxman-vs-brand/: We shouldn’t be drawn into the game of thinking arguments can be won and society transformed by one-liners, but if we did, then Brand should have suggested the clincher – social ownership and democratic control over society’s wealth. It’s easy to bathe in a good feeling by watching people like Russell Brand make swashbuckling lunges at the establishment, but that can too easily become submission to a politics that are viewed, outsourced to others, or just for entertainment. Educating ourselves beyond the sound-bite or social media clip is the first step towards creating the ‘socialist egalitarian system’ that Brand wants to progress to, and the best way of learning how to change the world is by doing it.
Posted on: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 11:06:34 +0000
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