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Actor Russell Brand told college students that drastic measures were needed to seize power from the corporate and political elites.
Theyre only in charge of us if we allow it, Brand said. Complete noncompliance, complete disobedience, then the alternatives will emerge. We need to create a paradigm that makes the old one obsolete. Thats what we have to do. Not comply to it, because then well get drip-fed little measures. Oh, well, weve given you recycling bins. Thanks! The planets still f*cked.
Brand repeated his call for revolution Tuesday during a student discussion at The Cambridge Union, urging students to stop voting as a first step.
I think (voting) is an act of compliance, he said. Im not talking about apathy, I think you understand that about me. Im saying, No, Im not complying with your ideas at all. Im not going to turn up and put an X in a box, like an Xbox. Its like an illusion, its a temporary reality. Its meaningless, its pointless. It makes no difference. Give us something to vote for, and then well vote for it.
The actor and comedian said the current situation was so dysfunctional that rich and poor alike were suffering spiritual harm.
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arcane1
(38,613 posts)Let's be less involved and more lazy!!
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)use such language!
SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)gcomeau
(5,764 posts)...are one of the reasons we get presidents like Bush.
Not voting is never a responsible option. The guy is a jackass.