Russell Brand’s Views On The Current Political System, Voting, And The Need For Revolutionary Change

Brand’s Opinion on Voting and Political Systems

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During the beginning of the interview with Jeremy Paxman on Newsnight, Russell Brand referred to himself as an ideal person. He says that he does not know too much information on politics but he does possess thought to speak about alternate political systems. Russell says upfront that he does not vote or rather does not believe in the concept of it, and as a counter question Jeremy asks that why would anyone listen to someone who does not possess the authority to speaking if he does not fulfill his constitutional rights.

According to Russell Brand, people are being lead into believing that there is only this one system where they have to vote but nothing is improving from that system, the current system only serves a specific group of people and for their own benefits. The planet is being destroyed and also being tainted at the same time like it always have been and the economy is under a distress. The political class that has been going on for generations have reached to such a level that Russell Brand is not voting because of apathy but rather he is not voting because of indifference and intolerance from the lies that have been presented to the people. When Jeremy Paxman tries to persuade him by telling him that he can be a part of the change by voting so that the old system does not keep on repeating, Brand says that voting in the first place has created this current paradigm. Brand mentions that he has never voted in his life because he does not believe in the system, which is being represented by the government. He is a man of conviction who does not want a revolution but want people to wake up from the lies and depravities of the government. While being cheerful and trivial, he bashes the system and provides more facts than statements. He wants to overthrow the current political system and wants the people to stop voting, not because there is a better alternative but to tell people to stop pretending that the current system is actually beneficial to them, while actually it is not. He is furious about the inadequacies of the politicians to an effective and meaningful change.

According to Paxton, he presents himself as a person who is adjusted to the system and from the start of the conversation tires to steer up Brand to know why he wants a revolution from the current political system. However, when Paxman asks Brad what actually gives him the right to edit a political magazine when he does not even vote, Brand replies in a fashionable manner that he was in the chair of the editor because an attractive woman asked him politely. Despite the fact that it was a very interesting debate and a confrontation, but Paxman severely lacked the question stock because Brand was fully prepared. He presented himself as a serious academic with solid political ideas and well-researched rebuttals.

Brand’s Criticism of the Current Political System and its Failure to Serve the People

Though Russell Brand does not blame the current political system for his drug addicts days directly but indirectly the system is responsible because of the negligence and the mass economic depravities that is still causing people to take up drugs. The revolution is a change that Brand presents and wants the people to know. To him the currently system is misleading information and serving only those who are the higher ups in the society, only the systems which serves the planet and the population should be allowed to run. Paxman tries to change the flow when he says that who should be allowed to run the system then, to which Brand responds that there are peole who are more qualified than him and certainly more qualified that the current government that runs. So instead of voting for just a show where nothing good is actually being done, he wants people to vote when there would actually be helpful the planet and themselves. Some more unobtrusive, more subtle strategies incorporate dread mongering, utilizing government’s reserves, specifically or in a roundabout way, for battle reason or for harming potential challengers. Officeholder hopefuls appreciate significant favorable position against challengers in light of the expanded name acknowledgment that streams from people in general profile of the workplace they hold. Furthermore, even in situations where officeholders have discussions and outrages, they have a tendency to get reelected as a rule in light of the fact that the American electorate is for the most part focus right and inclines toward the recognizable or fears the obscure.

Paxton asked Brand that what his scheme towards a revolution is so that the current system can be changed for the betterment. To which Brand responds that due to a huge disparity between the rich and the poor, according to him there are 300 Americans who possess the equal wealth of 83 million poor American citizens and where it is a clear exploit and underserved class, which is being ignored since the beginning. As a solution, Brand believes that there should be a socialist egalitarian system, which is based on the massive redistributing of wealth and heavy taxation of corporations. Energy based companies should be monitored so that they are not used for the exploration of a selfish need for any individual but to serve the environment overall (Noori, Kucukvar and Tatari 2015). The current system does not addresses the term profit because according to him , it is a filthy word which does not show the deficit that comes with the profit, information are being manipulated and people who believe what they are told. After the existence of a centralized administrative system, which is systematically, placed like an adminbot so that, they do not function for their own needs and benefits but for the people and the planet. The powerof government officials over executives have dependably been preeminent. Absence of residency in any office, visit exchanges, suspensions, poor private reports there are numerous methods accessible to government officials to suborn refractory administrators. The reaction of a few people, a declining number, particularly at senior levels has been to hold on in restricting what they consider wrong approaches and face the unsavory outcomes. Numerous pick the elective course and let the legislators have their direction. Numerous in the organization have partaken and profited also. Brilliant youngsters joining the authoritative administrations end up in progressively troublesome work conditions. In any case, the test of powerful organization and improvement influence numerous to remain on. Disregarding this weakening in work conditions, numerous splendid youngsters keep on joining the Central administrations of the legislature. Numerous are optimistic, and pick this over different professions. Numerous may lose their standards as they are presented to the substances of open organization in a political framework that uses the taxpayer driven organizations to procure cash for its own agents and their political gatherings. The managerial administrations must be liberated from the political harassing they are subjected to. There must be an authoritative change that licenses legitimate officers to get on with their work, and make every one of them responsible.

The way people secure human rights is under supported assault. Government officials and the press, antagonistic to the world in the entirety of its structures, sell falsehoods and mutilations about the tradition on human rights, and the Human Rights Act, which secures tradition rights in the law. They affirm that the framework misshapes equity, keeping abhorrent individuals from getting their appropriate reward. It hampers governments in handling psychological oppression and genuine wrongdoings (Miller and Rose 2017). The ideas which are presented is positive from both ends, one bashes the current wrongs of the system and the other asks for explanations which can be utilized to make this plan to put into action. However, both were being sarcastic and aggressive throughout the confrontation and both kept strong to their beliefs. Russell is a person who is grew up in the depravities that he talks about because he is a firsthand example of what he has been through and what others are going through. He represents the current system because he has been on the receiving end of the misdoings of the political system. Though he does not want to fight the government alone but he does want the people to wake up and stop supporting the ones who only benefits themselves and does not do anything that is not related to their gain. He believes that the time of change is now because unlike before, many exploitations of the government is revealed to the people like tax havens or the political or financial affiliations. Conservative parties and other political system have manipulated people and resources since forever and now according to Brand, the time has come to shift the tide. People have been treated unfairly and Brand wants to be a part of the change that would come afterwards. If he did not mean what he actually said, then all can agree t that he truly is a very good actor.

References

Miller, P. and Rose, N., 2017. Political power beyond the state: Problematics of government. In Foucault and Law (pp. 191-224). Routledge.

Noori, M., Kucukvar, M. and Tatari, O., 2015. A macro-level decision analysis of wind power as a solution for sustainable energy in the USA. International Journal of Sustainable Energy, 34(10), pp.629-644.