October 23, 2013

Russell Brand: socialist egalitarian system based on the massive redistribution wealth.

Brilliant -- watch this now. Brand passionately says: the problems of the people are not being addressed by our political system. Profit is a filthy word. The time is now -- it's happening everywhere. Occupy Wall Street brought the idea of the one percent to a generation. Revolution: it's going to happen. 

Oct 23, 2013 7:59:52 PM | Capital, communism, Ideas, Occupy Wall Street, political theory, Politics and new media

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This is a great rant. But wasn't this guy married to Katy Perry? Isn't he worth millions? It does seem odd that he would be the poster boy or the pied piper of the revolution.

Posted by: plus.google.com/118110215257571127617 | October 25, 2013 at 11:40 PM

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