On Revolution: 'We No Longer Have the Luxury of Tradition' by Russell Brand

[Shankapotomus]

26. I don't know how much Brand knows about politics

But I see this reaction to it from every airhead on FaceBook who has never really followed, studied or understood politics: They verbally distance themselves from it, probably because they are so under informed on the subject they don't know which politicians are safe to admit to supporting. So they condemn the whole lot of them in an attempt to hide their ignorance and appear superior. It's too hard to think about or follow so they just would rather resign themselves to the quick physical solution of throwing the "bums" out rather than observing the political process, reading up on politics and forming an educated and productive (as opposed to destructive) opinion.

Edit: Okay, I just watched the video. He does seem to understand some key issues and, to an extent, I see his point. But I don't know if I'd want to follow a comedian into battle.