Whatever your responses night be, Russell Brand spoke
eloquently and animatedly about his desire for political change. His argument was convincing and merely
highlighted what many working class kids made good feel in their hearts. If you have managed by luck or judgement to
free yourself from the daily grind of near slavery, do you feel a sense of
guilt for those who are left behind to suffer, lose their homes and their
self-dignity? Are those people forgotten or, worse still, regarded with
criticism because they have not managed to free themselves as you have done?
What does it mean to better oneself? Is it all about being rich? Is it primarily
about how much money there is in the bank rather than the measure of character?
Brand outlined the problems facing the human race, including
wealth versus poverty and environmental issues, and rightly argued that, regardless
of the political party to which they belong, successive politicians have failed
to address them. He hit the nail of
corporate greed hard on its head, backing it up with convincing arguments that
in the USA three hundred people hold more wealth than the 85 million who make
up the lower classes.
When criticized over his admission that he has never voted,
Brand explains that it is not because he cannot be bothered to vote but rather
that it is as a direct result of his disenchantment with the apathy of governments
and their failure to meet the needs of the people which renders voting futile.
