(October 7, 2014 at 7:53 am)Fidel_Castronaut Wrote: I like Brand in so far as he's able to make fundies look like idiots.
I very much dislike him in so far as his recent talks on political aspiration and involvement/disenchantment advocate a complete dismissal of (any) political system. "don't bother voting, what's the point?" was his recent attitude towards democratic systems. I'm sure the folks in Hong Kong disagree.
Hi Fidel, I totally agree regarding his interview with Paxman. I actually found myself agreeing with 80% of what he said, right up until the point he spouted that line, but you don't have to agree with everything he says. The one thing he is trying to do, at least, is to get people, younger people especially, involved and interested in the political process.
Got to admire a guy who was once a drug addicted homeless person, but is now in a position to be able to get over 3m views on a youtube video on a subject that most of us can agree isn't the stuff of youtube sensations.
I don't agree with all of his views, but I admire the fact that he cares enough to try and get them out there to at least encourage some debate.
