I don't know enough about the situation over the pond to attempt to comment on it, but it appears that the US is at a crossroads. The two primary political parties find themselves more and more disenfranchised with their voter-base by the day. Neither side is "winning" this ridiculous little war they are waging on each other. And neither side has a voter-base that is even remotely happy with their representatives. Most importantly.. neither side is making any headway in the struggles of our country. It's all one big cluster--blam!- of a stalemate. One thing is clear.. we're all unhappy with the status quo. But revolution is a terrible, last resort option for seeking the change in modern society. People don't really seem to grasp the quality of life changes that we would all suffer. That is.. of course.. unless people believe we could actually accomplish a peaceful revolution with a society that riots after basketball games. But I digress.. I think the stage is set for a new direction. Perhaps a new "common sense" party. One group of people that finds the grey area of topics. One group that can campaign on the ideas they have for the country, rather than trashing what the past regime did. One group of people to act as a sort of mediator between the asses and elephants in congress. One group that can put forth a candidate for presidency that makes the everyday American torn on their choice. I believe the stage is set. The only question is whether or not such a group will step forward.

He's such a pretentious wanna-be tiny tim. Without the singing talent.

Completely agree that the system is broken. I think a democratic system would be good but the power to change the system doesn't exist in a democratic system. You can only play by the existing rules, changing them with a vote is next to impossible. Off topic: He is incredibly well versed. Far more intelligent than I previously thought.

Either he hit his head, snorted a mountain of coke or both. [i]"Profits are evil"[/i] says the man who is worth 15 million dollars.

Im in a difficult place in the fact that I detest the guy, I hate his guts......but he is right in what he says on this topic.

There's merit to many of the issues he brings up. Having said that I don't agree at all with disengaging with the democratic process as a means of fixing these problems.

I get a feeling that Russell Brand would go along with the idea of a socialist utopia until money starts coming out of his pockets. The man's a kook. That's why he's an entertainer.

I got the impression the interviewer was a little flustered bc Russel was debauching his lax world view and faith in the current paradigm.

Frankly, I'm more concerned about politics in America and for a revolution to take place here rather than Britain.