Russell Brand is a LUNATIC

[@jeffc5974]

I like how he starts out as "why is no one talking about this" or "I'm not supposed to tell you this" then proceeds to read an article that is clearly not being suppressed.

[@tonygange7636]

Because it isnt being blown up like leftwing groups like BLM ,LGBTQ, also can't say you think these groups are disgusting & I'll never agree with them without being banned

[@jaahigafiscaa]

What did he proceed to talk about?

[@avancalledrupert5130]

He mostly quotes jakabin . Compared to , BBC , Sky , fox , msbc yea jakabin is indeed nobody.

[@lamontcranston3177]

A cheap little Nazi employing Nazi techniques. All these guys play the victim. Their other game is to play, "I alone know...".

[@sycration]

@@jaahigafiscaa jacobin article. its a left leaning magazine

[@BarnBurnerz]

Russell Brand is the guy who learned that governments are actually bad in high school, except he’s like 50

[@End-Result]

It's always the gen Xers, every time

[@NateTalksToYou]

Never saw the appeal of Russell Brand as a thought leader. Every clip I've seen of him just comes off as shallow stoner ramblings.

[@eman22017]

It’s the Joe Rohan approach, just more animated. A successful model unfortunately.

[@MaskedCorpse]

What the fuck is a thought leader

[@th3on3thatb3atu]

That’s because you judge people off of “clips”

[@Alpacnologia]

@Russian Waifu neckbeard is when you have a beard and the more beard you have the more neckbeard you are

[@oanaalexia]

I actually liked Under the Skin podcast because he invited cool people and he's a very good interviewer. But the conspiracies of late, I simply can't find patience to watch.

[@0smundSaddler]

We really, really, REALLY need to solve the failed comedian/actor to political commentator/cult leader pipeline.

[@Sqwivig]

Agreed!

[@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan]

He´s not a failed actor though. He just was in Death on the Nile. Which was pretty good.

[@peeonthepenski4729]

he's pretty successful in both those areas, he just loves the sound of his own voice

[@johnnafunkhouser5999]

Top of the to do list

[@thedoctor.a.s1401]

i think jon stewart invented it, i never liked him. he is too unintelligent and thick headed.

[@TheAnnyParker]

Getting this recommended a year later is fantastic

[@andrejg4136]

It's weird when I get old videos from people I only started watching in the last 6 months, when they prime themselves on discussing [Current Events]. Just the YT Algos being goofy like always, I guess.

[@tompiper9276]

The content on this one hasn't really aged though. If anything, it's become more relevant with Russell's increasing strangeness. Can't explain the YT algorithm though. 😅

[@xenosbreed]

Its really sad to see the direction Russell Brand went. I was watching him a bit about 3 to 4 years ago, he was a HUGE advocate for rehabilitative justice and drug addiction help, and this was the height of my own addiction struggles. He was very calm and introspective, and while it was very hippy dippy and semi spiritual, it was focused on problem solving and building a life worth living to overcome addiction. I haven't watched since then, I saw a video a bit after Covid and he was doing 'just asking questions' and it was clear where he was going with his channel

[@d3l3tes00n]

People rarely talk about the healthy looking unhealthy addictions that a lot of people switch to after getting sober.. religion, spirituality, self-help, exercise, etc.. it's great if it helps you with sobriety, but becoming fanatical is an issue.

[@loganroofpedoexposer4952]

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[@PrimeNPC]

He has no political alignment and puts forward both sides of the things he talks about, whilst telling viewers to make up their own mind and use critical thinking. It doesn't surprise me that the typical Internet leftie doesn't like him. Critical thinking has gone out the window for most of them.

[@thefinalword1980]

Right wing conspiracy theory nut jobs are a growing market. He’s tapping into that audience for more views and donations. Joe Rogan went the same way. Sad really that they feel like they have to pander to these nutters to stay relevant.

[@MrDougfunny7]

@@PrimeNPC I agree but it’s in no way strictly a lefty thing. I would even say 90% of the right can’t think critically and then like 70% of the left lol.

[@skullicious]

He often brings up known issues but ALWAYS dances around and omits possible solutions (usually socialist in nature) to them as he KNOWS will alienate his new audience. It's pathetic.

[@apriljk6557]

Yep he's smart enough to know exactly what he's doing and it's gross.

[@fentonmulley5895]

He's on that Prager C now.

[@loganroofpedoexposer4952]

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[@cloudshad0ws]

I think his heart is in the right place, but he's just bought too much into the pseudoscience and woo that pervades the world in this day and age and it's leeched into every opinion he has. Kind of a bummer.

[@zacheryeckard3051]

@@waltergrace565 What else do you call all the alt-med and vax skepticism and literal conspiracy theory nonsense?

[@GhostInTheMachine165]

Only someone as smart as Russell Brand could list every hardship health care workers faced during this pandemic and still come to the conclusion that hospitals and clinics should still employ workers who don't want to be vaccinated and protected against the virus.

[@koseorhun]

He purposefully gives enough good info to make one think they understand healthcare, then give an insufficient solution to fit his agenda (more views)

[@loganroofpedoexposer4952]

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[@PrimeNPC]

You've gotta be a real smart guy to still be believing the vaccine protects against the virus lol

[@neandrewthal]

I guess you're not as smart as Russel brand then because in this time of unprecedented healthcare strain anything that restricts the number of available healthcare workers is the fucking dumbest thing imaginable.

[@themitraya8132]

Indeed Brian Steltzer and Cenk Uygar should replace the original doctors.

[@devalapar7878]

"They don't want you to know it." - They must be really bad at their job, when they publish the information and make it available to anyone.

[@themitraya8132]

Especially when they discredit the information. Publishing the information and denying it's credibility is a sure way to popularize it.

[@devalapar7878]

@@themitraya8132 Yes, this is hilarious! I wished they would recognize the irony.

[@horaceosirian8993]

I'd recommend familiarizing yourself with the following: The best lies are leavened by truth. The deadliest enemy is the enemy within the gates. Hidden in plain sight. Hegelian dialectic. Limited hangout. Lifelong LARPers. Controlled opposition. Useful idiots. The Manchurian Candidate. Operation Paperclip. MK Ultra / Project Bluebird / Monarch Programme. Operation Mockingbird. Operation Snow White. Never trust a hypnotist (article). (The brainwashed do not know they are brainwashed). Panama Papers. History is written by the victors. The Phoenix Programme. The Dutreux Case. Boystown Nebraska. Jimmy Saville. Jeffrey Epstein / Ghislane Maxwell (ROBERT MAXWELL). Prof. Antony C Sutton (Wall Street and the Bolshevik Revolution / FDR / Rise of Hitler). Yuri Bezmenov, ex-KGB Soviet defector. The Prince, Machiavelli. The Art of War, Sun Tzu. 1984, George Orwell. Politics & the English Language, George Orwell. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley. Caesar's Messiah, by Joe Atwill. The Invention of the Jewish People, by Shlmo Sand. Joel van der Reijden's ISGB website (esp: psychedelics article; Beyond the Dutreux Case article; Graham Hancock article; Alex Jones article; Steven Greer / Disclosure Project article; Rock & metal musicians & leftwing media CIA article; 9/11 truth movement never existed article) Search term: _"The Open Scroll Code 33 Series"_ (AVOID the time-reset nonsense). Bitchute search term: _"Matthew North Joe Rogan Alex Jones."_ The P2 lodge scandal in Italy. Steve Outtrim's Burning Man videos.

[@interdimensionalsteve8172]

The saddest part about Russel is reading his comment sections. The top comments are ALWAYS people who are perpetually terrified and are "happy" that Russel has "finally opened their eyes!" Absolutely disgusting.

[@flarone]

Imagine the "vaccine/healthcare workers' choice" argument in any other industry. "I was a forklift driver but my boss said I was putting people at risk and needed glasses. I refused due to get glasses because its my personal choice." "I was a Boeing 737-Max pilot and was instructed to read new documentation about the autopilot system. I refused to read the documentation because I'm free to read what I want." I agree that getting a shot, wearing glasses or reading boring documentation are a personal freedom choice when off the job. Yet, when you take on certain professions, you have a Duty of Care that exceeds your base freedoms.

[@loganroofpedoexposer4952]

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[@vertigo4236]

A better comparison would be a firefighter, police or military. People who have to accept to go into specific situations which can lead to bodily harm. Because bodily autonomy is one of their talking points.

[@violetsparkles5453]

“I’m a tattoo artist but I don’t wanna use new supplies”

[@Caelinus]

@@violetsparkles5453 Or "I am a tattoo artist, but I do not want to clean my equipment between clients."

[@MrDougfunny7]

@@violetsparkles5453 imagine thinking these two things are similar. Room temp iq analogy

[@JurasJankauskas]

I feel like Russel Brand was always kind of kooky, but when it was just acting, it came off as quirky and somewhat charming. Then when the lockdowns happened he seems to have fallen in with the antivaxxer, conspiracy nut crowds and kind of went downhill from there.

[@loganroofpedoexposer4952]

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[@connorsullivan1855]

Yeah I think celebrities get too much hate for having vague political views. Someone makes fun movies, is likable, and talks about some generally progressive ideas, great. Not everyone needs to be a politician or lefty youtuber to raise valid points. Celebrities only become an issue when you have Russel Brand being a conspiracy theorist or Gwyneth Paltrow selling BS health products.

[@JurasJankauskas]

@@connorsullivan1855 At least Gwyneth Paltrow did it for the money. All Russel Brand got was losing his reputation.

[@PrimeNPC]

You mean the same specifically anti covid vaxxers that refused it based on concerns about adverse effects that have now been overwhelmingly proven to be a real danger to those taking it? What was the conspiracy theory exactly?

[@vanivari359]

for a minute he was a reasonable left / social democrat after he "left" the acting world and started that channel. But jesus, he went downhill so fast, now he is basically a new Alex Jones, shouting all the time, rambling forever without making a single point. Pretty sure he is not doing it for the money, the guy is an attention whore and the attention of the antivaxxer idiots ("the awoken") pulled him into a downward spiral.

[@laurettelaliberte8864]

He started as a standup comedian/musician, then went into acting. This channel really blew up during the lockdowns when everyone was stuck at home and had a lot of time on their hands.

[@robhernandez5520]

Was already big before the lockdown in 2014 I remember he was telling everyone not to vote then all of a sudden a couple nights before the election he told everyone to vote Miliband. The ultimate bait and switch lol. After that his channel did go kind of stale but like you said during the pandemic it blew it up like crazy.

[@Ken-ki]

I unsuscribed to his channel during the pandemic, when I had time to see what he'd become.

[@torrb420]

He was also briefly married to Katy Perry

[@honeynmilk00]

I watched some episodes of his podcast "Under the skin" a few years ago and it was ok. I also liked his videos related to meditation, breathing techniques and things of the sort. He was actually relatively apolitical and i was ok with that because i watched him for other reasons. But since last year i think, he started uploading these conspiratorial videos and i unsubscribed because i saw through it. I was actually surprised because even though i knew he probably wasn't aligned with my politics, he went through a lot in his personal life and i perceived him to be "wiser" than this. Ultimately, even though he probably believes most of what he's saying, i think he did this for money and to revive his channel, which is honestly worst

[@essentiavideo]

They were just looking to hire a new video editor too …Maybe I should of applied and been an insider spy for Vaush

[@chimsuaumo]

I remember thinking that Russell Brand had a lot of potential and having a lot of respect for him and his socialist credentials. Now he just seems to have adopted the 'whatever is mainstream, the opposite it true' approach to everything.

[@joearnold6881]

Not to mention he’s running interception for the capitalists

[@imalittletoxicjustalittle]

ah i see your sad hes not just a mindless shill? its crazy people like you just outright say you only follow ideologs and people STILL take you seriously lmao i disagree with russel on a lot but im not gonna cry that he doesn't just always agree with mem, id be crying a lot lmao

[@SirTatManTat]

I know I'm v late but you hit the nail on the head, he went from having an opinion to being a mindless contrarian that brings on other mindless contrarians.

[@43raxxusmaxus43]

@@imalittletoxicjustalittle You got that "I'm not like the other cultists" vibe.

[@jerryhicks9025]

I had to double check the release date of this video lol. Drinking some of this fine wine now

[@braidena1633]

The Deep State (tm) works in mysterious ways /s obv

[@MusIsntHere]

same. aged so good

[@Chazreal]

Russel Brand is a stand up comedian with a messiah complex, used to think it was a gimmick, but. . .

[@loganroofpedoexposer4952]

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[@milescurtiswatson251]

It's unfortunately the behaviour of an addict who shifted from one addiction to another (adulation) and was also able to use his pre-KZbin fame to build up a very large platform that feeds it.

[@themitraya8132]

A spiritual Hippie free thinking, probably agnostic. "We don't take kindly" to their kind!

[@radiantsquare007jrdeluxe9]

All Vaush has to do to agree with Russell Brand’s many takes is slowly ease himself into Brand’s worldview by watching a video of his that he agrees with.

[@Chazreal]

I genuinely thought his messiah complex thing was an ironic gimmick from his stand up routine. However since lock down he's been an unsettling normalizing factor for right wing conspiracy talking points in name of "unification". I'd like to think he's genuinely a well meaning guy, however he's skating a bit close to his "brand" psychologically.

[@Parmenter1983]

He's very much the Jimmy Dore of Great Britain. He has a good take occasionally, but has gotten a lot worse over the last few years.

[@lsthero5863]

In spain we have Miguel Bosé

[@RGCDTB]

Yeah I used to like some general points he used to make in like 2013 but yeeeesh ik now why I stopped hearing talks in shorts.

[@EnricoFantini]

It's scary how popular these types have become.

[@qualivia]

Jimmy Dore purposefully chooses things to fight for his benefit. Russel seems to believe in the crap he says.

[@ASolidSnack]

Yup and like Jimmy Dore he believes maybe 10% of the things he says tops

[@taylorniall5756]

This really hurts because ever since I was 16 I idolised Russell, I felt like his politics aligned with mine as well as his energy. I've been to his shows, listened to and watched every Podcast and was even part of his production Team as an intern back when he did BBC Radio 2 with Matt Morgan. To see him appeal to the US Right and BIG CONSPIRACY people, really really saddens me. He had Candice Owens on his show not long ago and most of the comments and top rated ones, were snide or subtle remarks about how 'Right Wing is Red Pilled' constantly refering to Liberals or Leftists as 'They' or 'Them people'. Russell has essentially become a Grifter and despite a lot of his policies about nationalisation and general left-leaning policies about welfare etc, he's going to become a bastion for the Right. Despite the right consuming and taking as gospel the likes of Fox News etc, they are apparently too the paragons of anti-MSM - which they use to attack the Left "hur hur LEFTIES AND CNN". This is a bad timeline and I hate it.

[@gordonstrong5232]

I agree entirely. I noticed him start to change about 8 months ago. To see him jerking off right-wingers sucks

[@taylorniall5756]

@Cheech not to me :)!

[@wyliehj]

That’s the thing though, he seems genuine in his beliefs and I think he’s genuine in the left wing stuff he believes and really thinks that the left and right are just dumb labels to divide us. He’s also vegan which is objectively good and shows he cares about big issues

[@taylorniall5756]

@@wyliehj maybe I'm being insecure then, I just see his newest guests, clickbait thumbails and top comments and associate him with that. He did do a video recently debunking him being labelled as Right Wing....but I wasn't convinced lol.

[@spacebunsarah]

Frankly, if a bunch of right wing people are watching someone as anti-authority as Russel and start to buy in to the “it’s not left vs right; it’s rich vs poor” idea, is that not like, an extremely good thing? I’d rather have to deal with a bunch of conservatives who are class conscious and anti-state than a bunch of violent fascists. How often do libertarians grow up and become leftists? Why complain about someone with a audience of millions talking about class consciousness?

[@Necrogeared]

Back when I used to watch Joe Rogan, there was one episode where I recall Russel being rather introspective on how he'd replaced one addiction with another, then another. I think this has happened again, in a loose sense, with the direction he's taken.

[@MrBrandonLau]

Yeah, the problem with a heroin addiction is that it’s deadly, there are healthier hobbies

[@jamesfx2]

Russell Brand says: What the mainstream media won't tell you. Translation 1: The Guardian and BBC covered it but I didn't notice. Translation 2: I'm covering something I know is untrue.

[@fedos]

I don't exactly remember when I first thought "wow, Russell Brand has gone off the deep end", but the current version of Russel Brand makes that Russell Brand look sane and rational.

[@ryanpatterson9630]

@@themitraya8132 bad bait

[@lawrencescales9864]

@@themitraya8132 ah yes, the KZbinr Vaush, definitely as popular and well known to Americans as decades long news orgs

[@callmedeno]

It's funny that these people always go off the deep end when they no longer mirror our perspectives on everything.

[@themitraya8132]

@@lawrencescales9864compared to the mainstream parties, they are a newer political group of centrists. They all came out around 2010. Vaush is merely one late guy re pitching old political viewpoints to kids.

[@fedos]

@@themitraya8132 You Nazis aren't living in reality.

[@d-5037]

I'm not very surprised seeing where Russell's been going recently. He's had good takes in the past but there's always been the hippie woo-woo side that's prone to bad conspiracy thinking.

[@GG57]

Looks like he's waaaaay over his ritalin prescript

[@PrimeNPC]

Using critical thinking and looking at both sides of things is a bad way to go I guess

[@curses6166]

Questioning imperialist wars, big pharma, corruption, hypocrisy, etc by examining all sides doesn't make him a conspiracy theorist.

[@PrimeNPC]

@@curses6166 for most of these people their views and opinions are exactly in line with what big pharma, media and the elites espouse

[@stevonwhite8933]

@@PrimeNPC Conservatives don’t have a good history in America of being “good faith” or, good for most of the society. But muh both sides…

[@TheKnizzine]

I have a coworker who only listens to Russell Brand, MikefromPA, Jimmy Dore and somehow recently found the Kremlin Gremlin. Wouldnt care if he used a headset but fucker uses a bluetooth speaker and I cant not argue when I hear something objectively dumb or incorrect. Its bad.

[@StopLizard]

That's not soup-brain, that's just broth at this point.

[@justalostlocal]

Doesn't that count it as disturbance in the office? Could you come together with other reasonable coworkers and try to pressure him to keep those verbal vomit to himself?

[@9000ck]

I think you need to get your own Bluetooth speaker and play Vaush.

[@madcuntmcgee1955]

Yeah that's incredibly cringe to subject your coworkers to your political talk shows. How is that allowed?

[@TheKnizzine]

@@justalostlocal Guy would double down and would take upper upper managment to resolve.

[@Neil-jm6om]

I always used to dismiss Russel Brand as a comedy chimney sweep on TV who told people not to vote until I found his youtube channel and grew respect for his ability to approach topics like depression, anxiety and addiction very incisively and empathetically. So it's been pretty sad to watch him descend into conspiracy like this. My own feeling is Russel's addictive personality has led him down a conspiracy rabbit hole. Cod psychology I know but conspiracy theory addiction is a problem people with addiction issues can spiral into

[@nienkehuijbens301]

Fully agree. He was once able to be nuanced, empathic and openminded, which actually made me glad he talked to people like Jordan Peterson and Candace Owens. He challenged them and seemed to be able to match their lofty way of speaking, while not appearing hostile. However, he's always been prone to addiction and i really do think that that's what conspiracy theories are. Everyone i know who's fallen into the rabbithole is completely obsessive about it.

[@jackvalentine7403]

@@nienkehuijbens301 name one conspiracy theory he's mentioned that's not 100% fact?

[@karlsonmorten5624]

Conspiracy rabbithole??? Where have you been the last two years?? Are you even aware that MOST of the things the so called "conspiracy theorists" stated, is now known and accepted facts?? HAve you not followed ANY NEWS ???

[@themitraya8132]

Given your taste in humor. Like Stephen Colbert, Buzzfeed, or Vaush. That is no surprise.

[@karlsonmorten5624]

@@themitraya8132 Right in my man !

[@interdimensionalsteve8172]

The Crowder Law: "The dumber the content, the bigger the views." This is becoming truer with each passing day, and such a trend is highly depressing and spells disaster for the future.

[@eman22017]

This one hurts because I loved him as an actor and entertainer back in the day. To see how far he’s fallen is really sad.

[@eg4848]

Really? His movies were lame as hell lol Im not surprised hes a dumb pundit now

[@vanadyan1674]

The bitter reality is most of the stars we love are lunatics. Separate the art from the artist.

[@TheShawnSolo]

It's very odd....like how did such a huge actor in mainstream movies end up doing this garbage?

[@loganroofpedoexposer4952]

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[@GlentonMe]

@@TheShawnSolo This pays way more than any mainstream movie ever could.

[@_.violyse._]

god, seeing this man tear apart Nigel Farage on Question Time has to be one of the critical moments which swayed me from a paranoid, liberal centrist, towards a passionate advocacy for leftism. Such a witty, joyous man, sad to see where he is now ):

[@WhichDoctor1]

It does seem like the lockdowns broke his brain.

[@loganroofpedoexposer4952]

HAHAHAHA EVERYONE IS LAUGHING AT MARKIPLIER NIECE AS SHE FLEW OUT THE CAR INTO THE TRASH WHERE SHE BELONG WHILE HER DADDY GOES TO THE TRUMP RALLY HAHAHAHAHAHA LMAOOO !

[@curses6166]

Perhaps it's best to be the opposite of a weeb that support the current thing.

[@TruStoogeDrew.]

@@WhichDoctor1 yeah lockdowns are for fascists, glad to see where your at

[@_.violyse._]

@@curses6166 the times are harsh, dear. taking joy in a few harmless pastimes is only to be expected. as is engaging with current political issues, as opposed to... past ones? in any case, keep yourself well, friend.

[@sundropcenter6758]

Unironically, it was Katy Perry that convinced me to stay away from any of Russell Brand’s work. I guess you can say in hindsight, her music helped me dodge a bullet. Thank you “Wide Awake” lol

[@ifiwantyoutofeel]

"The truth is coming out" 😹😹💀💀

[@48917032]

He gives off a real "I need to get finished with this before the remains of my conscience stop me from grifting" energy with the speed of his delivery.

[@ignatiushazzard]

He's watching it at 2x speed lol

[@imalittletoxicjustalittle]

when his views annoy every ideolog who is he grifting to? the right dont really like him yes they talk to him but people in general dont same with leftists like you, hes just giving his view on stuff and people like me that aint an ideolog can watch him without agreeing with him on everything

[@RadagastBrown420]

​@@imalittletoxicjustalittle the 6 million idiots who think he's not a bloviating ignoramus. 😂

[@memento81]

he is in that "the second I stop being manic my depression is gonna catch up to me so I just ride the mania as fast and desperate as I can" zone.

[@braidena1633]

He really does look like a Far Cry final boss

[@thehumantoeRD]

Makes me wonder if he watched Rogan and thought: "yeah, I could get into that grift..."

[@amellirizarry9503]

the bri’ish Rogan

[@ifiwantyoutofeel]

Not it was definitely Dave Rubin 🤣😹😭💀💀 It's even better, pretend to be a centrist and appeal to a "centrist audience" Absolutely perfect 😹😹

[@GenXDaddyO]

“Brand” is exactly the perfect name for him now. He is cashing in on conspiracy culture and laughing maniacally all the way to the bank. Or, he’s just crazy. One of the two.

[@Lotan_]

Those two things coincide. A lot.

[@koseorhun]

Maniacal laughs and crazy? Why not both?

[@v0id_d3m0n]

Lol

[@loganroofpedoexposer4952]

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[@violetsparkles5453]

You can be both!

[@bascojones5699]

Russell Brand reminds me of the plug that would talk your ear off for 2 hours about whatever burnt out conspiracy he’d been watching KZbin videos on for the last week when you just want to buy some and bounce

[@honuman39]

I haven't listened to him in a long time so I'm pretty shocked to see the level of delusion he's sunk. I think he's a genuinely intelligent guy and even before he became this he was a upbeat lefty type with some spirituality thrown in. Very likeable. Now this? Damn. He needs help.

[@avancalledrupert5130]

No you do. Your following the narrative of the people that made the fucking virus. Like yea trust the who . They made it the only question is did they release it by mistake or deliberate. But yea trust them. 😂😂

[@eurovicious]

Yeah, I'm worried about him, I think he may even be using again. I used to watch his videos a lot in the 2010s and now it just seems like he's lost his mind :/

[@Z34_TR]

@@eurovicious the fact I had my last video on 1.5 playback speed and I assumed this one was as well but in fact it's actually on normal speed shows this man's definitely back on amphetamines 😂😭 edit: realized vaush was playing it in 2x I was like my lord man slow the hell down!

[@kazkaskazkas8689]

Yeah, even not looking into the logical mistakes and fact twisting, he seems to have fully become a guy who does political rants. And he's supposed to be "spiritual" somehow.

[@wow-effect]

This videos is hitting the algorithm again

[@SuperCat1187]

If someone says "The Inner Light" and they are not talking about a Star Trek episode, I definitely get cult vibes.

[@eatit8262]

God damn do I really love that episode lol.

[@andreasj864]

Quakers talk about inner light a lot and are generally cool people.

[@abstractdaddy1384]

Haha!

[@zacheryeckard3051]

@@andreasj864 Pretty sure they're also cool people in a cult.

[@loganroofpedoexposer4952]

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[@aristotleasparaguspodcast1129]

I honestly feel like Russell Brand was never a big movie star at this point, that was all a collective dream

[@hannayapelekai1628]

​@Russian Waifu I wonder which streamer that is

[@admiralfrancis8424]

@Russian Waifu Vaush actually argued to raise the age of consent, stop beating that dead horse.

[@Beatdoof]

@Russian Waifu Love you dude, got any more bangers in the tank?

[@jaydensolovey]

@Russian Waifu i cant tell if the pfp plus your comment is ingenius satire or an actual person but damn its good content.

[@TheKnizzine]

Ehh Get Him to the Greek was pretty funny...I think...is like a decade old.

[@Cmez872]

Brand has perfected his “brand” of grifting, it is very similar to Dore’s, he gestures towards the conspiracy-minded community that is popular now with Republicans currently.

[@themitraya8132]

Yeah grifting now means anything Vaush disagrees with.

[@Cmez872]

@@themitraya8132 You don’t understand what grifting means when it is used apparently

[@themitraya8132]

@@Cmez872yeah when you people use it.

[@EnricoFantini]

@@themitraya8132 Many other KZbinrs, newspaper columnists and people on Russell's Reddit page are calling him out.

[@ericabassi7728]

@@EnricoFantini Many other KZbinrs, newsapaper columnists and people on Russell's Reddit page are grifters.

[@TheVeeBeaT]

Being a Bri'ish and watching someone else experience Russel Brand's particular brand of spiralling insanity is just fucking funny.

[@whatsupinspace854]

I use to like him when he hung around with Noel Fielding

[@sharpvidtube]

Just need a Russel Brand and David Icke double act, like Ant and Dec for bonkers people😂

[@lloroshastar6347]

Russel Brand's 'intellectualism' has been wildly blown out of proportion. He's not always wrong, I'm not going to make that claim, but he is much more into the wild hot takes than evidence based reading of news events. People forget he's an entertainer first and foremost, he's always on some sort of grift, he's not a political thinker. In fact during the 2015 UK election he publicly decried democracy and encouraged people not to vote, because 'the game is rigged'. He's not a very deep thinker, his understanding is surface level. He's winning traction on the right at the moment because he's telling them what they want to hear, and as we have seen countless times the right doesn't need their advocates to be intelligent or to use any kind of objective reasoning. I imagine he is going down this route because he wasn't getting so much TV work, I doubt very much he genuinely believes everything he says.

[@lloroshastar6347]

I would like to add, I don't think he's a bad person, I think some grifters are bad, he's not Jimmy Dore or Candace Owens level by any means. But even if his popularity is worrying I don't feel threatened by his arguments, nor do I think he would be the sort of person who would be advocating for a whole group of people to be harmed.

[@ChristopherShreeve]

I’ve come to learn that charismatic, loud, larger than life people are the most detestable sort.

[@elmarko12341]

A really good point. Truly great people tend to be more modest, calm and collected. Free of massive egos. Brian Cox, Carl Sagan are examples of great thinkers and speakers.

[@justalostlocal]

@bo rick Why?

[@doverdan4225]

Not like Biden then lol!

[@doverdan4225]

I get the impression that you would get obliterated in a fun comic debate with this guy lol! However, I respected your alternate view and it should be encouraged in a healthy free speech society 👏

[@ChristopherShreeve]

@@doverdan4225 yeah probably. I mean, I’m not a comedian nor am I particularly good at public speaking. Everyone is unique and valuable in their own way. Life is a complex journey. Sometimes the most charismatic person in the room got that way because they are in desperate need of validation. I acknowledge that Russel Brand is good at being funny. He made me laugh a few times over the years. But I don’t like his recent behavior feeding into all these conspiracy theories. And he has other qualities in common with egotistical people, or even some cult leaders. Those types are very dangerous in our society today. Loud, charismatic people are drawing larger and larger followings and I fear that they are able to exploit human psychology and spread misinformation. All for profit? Validation? Feeding their egos? I don’t know. But I have seen enough to know they are dangerous.

[@7TheWhiteWolf]

Russell Brand has gone crazy ever since covid started. He’s like a cartoon character now.

[@beneficialtechnology5551]

I liked his GQ-Award-kind of Acception. It's sad

[@torrb420]

Nah he started to lose it when he acknowledged he had too much pussy addiction problems and became this.

[@fentonmulley5895]

This is where AA logic plus Prager money gets you

[@loganroofpedoexposer4952]

HAHAHAHA EVERYONE IS LAUGHING AT MARKIPLIER NIECE AS SHE FLEW OUT THE CAR INTO THE TRASH WHERE SHE BELONG WHILE HER DADDY GOES TO THE TRUMP RALLY HAHAHAHAHAHA LMAOOO !

[@arowace498]

@@waltergrace565 oh my God you're replying to literally every comment. please get a hobby I'm embarrassed for you.

[@franriding6473]

He changed direction and his Chanel blew up. His comment section is right wing/ conspiracy fest

[@crnkmnky]

I assumed as much. I’ve bookmarked several of Russell’s pandemic-era videos, but haven’t watched so many. I recently saw my brother watching the channel and expressed my disappointment with the clickbait style he’s adopted. My brother scolded me for criticizing a channel I don’t watch. I replied that the thumbnails are designed to attract and encourage conspiracy theorists and right-wingers, regardless of the videos’ _actual_ content, and I find that distasteful/irresponsible.

[@danielcrafter9349]

@@crnkmnky - I don't think it would be irresponsible if he presented counter-arguments and supporting facts from scientific studies etc. Unfortunately, he just panders to conspiracy theorists and pushes "I'm just asking questions" dogwhistles Like, purposely attracting a certain audience to provided them with Facts and Logic (R) doesn't seem irresponsible to me

[@brianwestbye9015]

"New world order" is Russel Brand's BDSM safe word

[@wlhlmbrkn5431]

New world order is pretty much the World Economic Forum

[@rainsong1803]

So you don’t believe that corporations have a goal of taking down the United States into oligarchy Then suppressing other countries with their own type of manipulation in economics and government Then their goal of stripping the workers of what little rights they have rn? Cause that’s what I’m predicting that’s going to happen if a new socialist movement doesn’t form up

[@PresidentofAntifa]

He is pushing a guru vibe HARD. He wants high price speaking tours were he does nothing...

[@nas84payne]

I watched one of the Coffeezilla (KZbin) videos on these crypto scammers and saw he was appearing to speak at one of these scammers conferences. I was like, ah massive red flag 😄

[@captain_context9991]

Russel Brand is a very clever guy. Very smart and quick. But lately he has fallen into the american conspiracy trap alongside Jimmy Dore and Joe Rogan. They both see Russel Brand as some kind of hero now. Its sad to watch.

[@SirArghPirate]

I guess it's the money. He found out that a certain fraction of the population doesn't trust traditional media but depends on social media.

[@captain_context9991]

@@SirArghPirate Yes and he got over 5 million viewers in a very short time. I think Russel Brand already got plenty of money. But its the REACH that appeal to his ego. If 4-5-7-10 million people will listen to me, then surely I must be onto something, right. I think he wants to surpass being Britains Jimmy Dore and go on to become Britains Joe Rogan. And, hey... We all know how Joe Rogan got big. By appealing to americas thirst for right-wing lunacy and conspiracies. People simply CANNOT get enough of it. And its the easiest thing in the world to monetise.

[@Horus4302]

Russel has never been smart. Even back when he was more sane he was about as smart as some random college freshman.

[@captain_context9991]

@Cheech He isnt very educated... But he is smarter than you.

[@jowenlobo]

Lol no. If you think he's clever you're falling for the theater and pseudo-intellectualism. There's no depth, there's no solutions ONLY pseudo-intellectual critiques and hints of conspiracy.

[@mrgaudy1954]

5:38 He’s not making fun of Gates for *predicting* the pandemic, he’s implying that Gates helped *orchestrate* it. Which is worse.

[@TruStoogeDrew.]

Liberals are lockdown kings, this is your world now. You made this bed, now sleep in it

[@mrgaudy1954]

@@TruStoogeDrew. How is that relevant? 😂

[@dannyromano3664]

It’s obvious if you use intuition.

[@nimrodery]

@@dannyromano3664 But less obvious when you let facts interfere.

[@dannyromano3664]

@@nimrodery and who brings you these “facts”? Bill’s homies…

[@jry0511]

"OJ Simpson was one of our beloved football players. Then he murdered his wife and neighbor and now everyone hates him. Wtf America, make up your mind!" - Russell Brand, probably.

[@RocketSurgn_]

As someone in healthcare/public health lots of us, including (most, I think) nurses, were pretty happy to see anyone unwilling to take the vaccine out of healthcare. Or at least as happy as we could be at even the small loss of people from an already overstretched system. Not a great sign for understanding science, or caring about the risks they are putting others at. The pizza parties got insulting pretty fast, though.

[@SplotPublishing]

Understand that. Thanks for hanging in there for the rest of us. The thing that annoys the shit out of me is the way people like Brand just repeat all these ideas and opinions and statements end to end, as if the SAME people say and think these things, to make them sound either hypocritical, or dishonest. I mean, the hospital administrations are the ones that don't hire enough regular staff. The science believing and medical system appreciating public are the ones that said you're heroes. And our government are the ones that refuse to regulate to force the hospitals to do the right thing. The nurses that refused vaccines are not the same nurses that we celebrate. Most Americans, even most conservatives, want a Medicare for all type system, want better pay for medical personnel, want nurses treated better and we want nurses and doctors held to high standards of professional ethics and to be vaccinated for patient safety. The people who don't want these things are the crazy anti-vax, anti-government, Q believing, pandemic denying lunatics... like Russel Brand.

[@cicinho12345]

”Science” If it`s safe, how come not even a single country have used scientific studies to compare a large group of vaccinated people to a large group of unvaccinated people? Unvaccinated meaning not a single needle of these substances having been injected, and not the manipulative propaganda definition where 1 dose=unvaxxed and 2 dose within 13 days=unvaxxed. Comparing covid deaths and non covid deaths, aswell as any type of illness/injury between the two groups surely gotta be the single most important thing to find out with regards to the mass vaccinations, no? In my country, our equivalent of FDA not only denied this request from a group of researchers/scientists, they even stated ”It could lower the vaccination uptake” as one of the reasons for it, thus basically admitting that the vaccines are not safe, not effective, or both.

[@cicinho12345]

@@SplotPublishing Way to generalize there, brother. Many people have suffered a lot since taking these shots, you know.

[@iv2sab512]

@@cicinho12345 Many many more people have suffered and died since not taking these shots.

[@manderly33]

@@cicinho12345 Totes. Many many have “suffered.” And I’m sure you got this from VAERS, which is a self-reporting system that literally anyone can add to. It’s not good data.

[@Rosa-xg8tb]

aged like fine wine

[@TheApexPredatorRKO]

To be fair. Russell has always looked like a cult leader. Since Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

[@gagemorgan1586]

Haha thats a classic.

[@themitraya8132]

Now all he needs is to gather all his followers on Discord with 'Rehab room' and ban all who disagree with him on everything.

[@boborappa]

Russel has been spiralling downward for a few years. Really sucks where he's at now.

[@danielbroome5690]

And considering his starting point was pushing Wu-ey alternative lifestyle BS, that's saying a lot.

[@jackvalentine7403]

@@danielbroome5690 no it absolutely wasn't.

[@jackvalentine7403]

Said the nobody with 3 subscribers.

[@boborappa]

@@jackvalentine7403 Are you 12? How is that an argument? lol kinda anti-working class to imply you need a big following to matter. I feel like if what Russel said meant anything to you; you wouldn't say something that ignorant. But, I guess it's more of an aesthetic for you

[@jackvalentine7403]

@@boborappa nah I'm only 10. I was being sarcastic clearly. "Anti working class" lol fuck the working class. Oh you're a "guesser" ha, figures.

[@ryhanon7]

Russell Brand is the living, breathing, embodiment of the gish gallop fallacy.

[@austingoyne3039]

I'd agree but the reigning King of gish, Ben Shapiro, still lives.

[@senismarsenis9678]

what's that?

[@emporioalnino4670]

Russell Brand went to rehab in our town when I was a kid. My mum saw him around a few times and she was a fan she's got his books etc. I guess he's changed since, pretty unfortunate to see anti vax and conspiracy theories from him.

[@eyecontrol4900]

messed up to see how far off the deep end he's gone. I still remember him getting in that heated debate with Nigel farage back in 2014 or so, now he's completely on the same team as Nigel. Just turned into another rightwing grifter

[@SadeN_0]

If Hasan fell off, Russell Brand dived into a volcano

[@the_abzorbaloff]

Trews was one of the big factors in pushing me leftward in 2014. It's heartbreaking to see what Brand is doing now.

[@themitraya8132]

Yeah he could be doing what Vaush, TYT, and MSNBC is doing instead.

[@PhyreI3ird]

@@themitraya8132 At the risk of triggering a doomerist conspiracy theory rant: Do you have any actual point, or is this just part of playing id-pol by using different media entities you dislike?

[@dizehjvegnomis]

trews was good work. he has definitely become lost in the weeds. i think he has handlers now

[@attaxiaffxi7033]

Same, I went back and watched a few from 7 years ago and you can really see the contrast. RIP

[@themitraya8132]

@@PhyreI3irdwhy would that trigger a doomerist rant? Unless everyone who disagrees with you is one of those. Oh.

[@ElaborateTiger]

I used to watch Russell brand but then around the 2015 elections he was encouraging people not to vote and I realised he's insane.

[@ganjaboi5717]

Quit breathing

[@themitraya8132]

I'd rather watch Cenk Uygar discuss his love for V&V (Vaccines and Vaush) ;)

[@themitraya8132]

@@vashsunglasseswhat about whataboutism? Oh now it makes sense.

[@ignatiushazzard]

What the hell? I see a lot of wild takes in the leftist communities, but "don't vote" is a line in the sand for you?

[@ElaborateTiger]

@@themitraya8132 Cenk Uygar is based. I don't care what anyone says lol

[@Basmaster100]

I’ve never actually seen anything from him, but he comes across as the “the louder I shout, the more right/funny I am”

[@GG57]

He's amalgamated a few shifty tactics of Shapiro and Crowder. Talk loud, fast and confidently, and no one will call out your grifty lies

[@Roonagu]

His "Messiah Complex" stand up is actually great. But his current self.....

[@GG57]

@@Roonagu He's like a you tuber version of the Daily Mail. All salacious hear say with ATTENTION GRABBING THUMBNAILS... YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT DEM DEMOCRATS A GONE N DAN NOW, MAYH!"

[@TruStoogeDrew.]

@@GG57 that’s how vaush is worth 7 figures lolZ.

[@passiveaggressive6175]

💯

[@Sohbek]

It's so depressing what has happened to Russel Brand. He used to be so good, man. Then it's like he had a stroke or something.

[@leftphilange69]

I think it’s actually really simple: he started talking about things he didn’t understand. He’s not an economist. He’s more of a philosopher and social commentator; a comedian. I’ve only studied economics at a cursory level but enough to see many flaws in things he’s said over the last 6 months, and they’re stifling. The same thing happened with Jordan Peterson when he stepped out of his lane. It’s a problem with good orators who are charismatic: they seem like they know what they’re talking about but they’re really just good at talking

[@SirGrimLockSmithVIII]

@@leftphilange69 same shit happened with Neil Degrasse Tyson. It's like once someone who is extremely intelligent in one field of interest gains mainstream attention, they suddenly think they have to be the voice of authority for everything, regardless of whether they actually know what they're talking about

[@sp_37-d91]

Russell Brand’s problem? He is an idiot who thinks he is a thinking person. Msg be he is thinking but he is unable to rationalize or analyze things clearly. His ego is coming in the way of common sense.

[@SteveDorrans]

When I see Russell Brand I almost always think "What a complete cult."

[@SteveDorrans]

Or something like that.

[@darkpandalord3844]

I would kill for a Vaush debate with Russell Brand ngl

[@jizburg]

That would be epic

[@jamescooke7243]

That's not a debate for russ. He's so much more intelligent and informed than vaush.

[@jizburg]

@@jamescooke7243 Haha shuuure. if you feel that way you should try and get him to do it. realy show vaush his place ;)

[@jamescooke7243]

@@jizburg if I had that kind of influence I would love to. Russels videos involve him citing and showing every source and uses award winning journalists like Aaron mate as a reference. Vaush sits in his room listening to himself and his eco Chamber. That's an easy win for russ

[@jizburg]

@@jamescooke7243 okay, just throw a tweet his way. it might just peek his interest.

[@supaspydamn]

I just unsubscribed to him. He's lost it and is basically defending Russia

[@themitraya8132]

Don't forget to subscribe to Brian Seltzer, Cenk Uygar, and Vaush channels. ;)

[@XanarchistBlogspot]

You don't have to support Russia to not want any U.S. involvement in this war. Putin's invasion is just as bad or not bad as Saddam's invasion of Kuwait, yet then the left was smart enough not to support U.S. war mongers. The only difference between Democrats and Republicans is which sector of the U.S. public they get to support U.S. imperialist wars.

[@XanarchistBlogspot]

Yeah dog forbid someone get Omicron which is like a moderate cold.

[@alexbeerune]

@@themitraya8132 you wanna see immigrants and atheists killed while a religious white supremacist government rules over Amerikka

[@stevonwhite8933]

@@XanarchistBlogspot Wtf are you babbling about?

[@KenShackler]

I've been waiting for Vaush's take on Russel Brand. It didn't disappoint. "Get to the point" is the sentence that's on my mind constantly as well, when I've watched his videos. But he never actually gets to the point, cause he has no point. He has no solutions. He only wants people to follow him cause he's a cult leader first and foremost.

[@DoctorBiobrain]

I don’t agree with that. The problem is that his point is so obvious that you’re looking for a real point. He’s a toddler who just discovered that lies exist and his point is always to let everyone know that there’s a second level to the superficial world he’s always seen. He thinks he’s exposing a global cabal that controls everything and that’s the solution.

[@KenShackler]

@@DoctorBiobrain Saying that there's a global cabal that controls everything is not a solution though. Just like saying that capitalism is destroying everything is not a solution in itself. A solution is some kind of a plan how we should fix things and Russel Brand doesn't seem to have a plan.

[@madcuntmcgee1955]

The "point" is all about making his viewers feel a certain way. Like they're enlightened and they see through the "MSM lies" that the other sheeple eat up. That is the goal of his videos. To make him money

[@DoctorBiobrain]

@@KenShackler I wasn’t defending Brand, just explaining what his point is. The point of everything he says is to warn everyone that there’s a group of greedy people who control everything and if you don’t think that’s enough then you’re already ahead of him. He’s a simple man explaining one-dimensional checkers on a four-dimensional chessboard.

[@LordMichaelRahl]

He honestly had some good takes (on his channel) before 2016-2018, especially on mental health issues. He's absolutely lost it recently though, sad to see.

[@Valiyus]

The reason they never get tired of the same shit is because they need to validate their own claims and hearing someone do that over and over again gets them to believe they are right. It's fucking sad.

[@85percentnation]

It's been annoying to see my mother fall into Russell's weird-ass fandom, which hasn't really helped with her vaccine denialism. Also, she originally had the same opinion on Ukraine as Vaush & I, but Russell's ramblings have lead her to both-sides the issue. It's frustrating to see, even as I have to explain to her who Joe Rogan is & why it's bad that Russell's been defending him.

[@themitraya8132]

Do like Vaush and get her out of your life for not supporting Cenk Uygar instead!

[@Vamashara]

@@themitraya8132 really working overtime to just fail here I see.

[@kogasoldier9379]

@@themitraya8132 while your comment isn't as tragic as 911, it's pretty close...

[@themitraya8132]

Woe. Y'all must support Jon Stewart, Joe Rogan, Russel Brand, and other mean comedians!

[@kogasoldier9379]

@@themitraya8132 woe? 🤣🤣🤣

[@jambott5520]

The black and white thinking on how to view nurses in the Russell brand video is absolutely astounding. You can either like and respect all nurses, dislike and disrespect all nurses, or you are a hypocrite. That's where the logic comes from, that you cannot criticise some nurses for not getting vaccinated, and him going back and forth with some groups of nurses being disliked for different reasons. In his mind, its black and white. You can like or dislike them all, anything else is hypocracy and inconsistency.

[@themitraya8132]

Yeah respect all nurses who were educated by MSNBC, not the original nurses who were purged for questioning vaccines.

[@Gloomdrake]

@@themitraya8132 based, the anti-vaxx nurses chose to get fired, so let's respect that decision and fire them

[@themitraya8132]

@@Gloomdrakethey were the original nurses fired for refusing health advice from politicians.

[@Gloomdrake]

@@themitraya8132 good on them for setting records. Those politicians are so kind for giving them this wonderful opportunity

[@themitraya8132]

@@Gloomdrakeyes hopefully our new executione... I mean nurses will make the politicians proud.

[@Olivetree80]

Like many others, he went downhill during the pandemic, before this, he was actually pretty sensible in his ideas, and didn't just read shit off from things he's heard, he actually had his own original thoughts. Sure, a lot of it was spiritually focused, but it wasn't cult-ish like this. Even in his mannerisms and the way he speaks have gone completely off the wall. It's kind of similar to how he used to be though, before the KZbin channel, childish and obnoxious.

[@themitraya8132]

Yeah questioning forced medication and censorship often causes people like Russel Brand to go downhill.

[@ViolentVegan]

He went from a couple hundred thousand views per vid talking about meditation and foodbanks to millions of views talking about Pfizer and the new world order. His bank balance went very much uphill :-)

[@whyythestupidithurts5564]

He needs someone to chop all that wood behind him . Dudes got bills and wants to cash in on the biggest simps of generations.

[@DoctorBiobrain]

@@themitraya8132 Vaccines have been mandated for decades and we’ve always let private businesses censor their users. Are you saying Russel Brand has always been downhill? I’d actually agree with that.

[@ganjaboi5717]

@@DoctorBiobrain open your femoral artery

[@jamesmackey1238]

This aged very well.

[@baileykeller288]

I hate people who can't recognize that two things can be true at once.

[@whatdelicious]

FACT CHECK: your wrong two things cannot be true

[@jbc00per]

It's crazy how big he's got considering he was the laughing stock in many people's eyes when he started out as a stand up comic. I remember least over here in the UK he wasn't well liked at first

[@themitraya8132]

How disgraceful for the UK's most funny comedian Russel Brand, aside from Ricky Gervais, to be it's laughing stock.

[@danielcrafter9349]

@@themitraya8132 - lol, ok boomer

[@themitraya8132]

@@danielcrafter9349 Yes because I prefer the boomer British comedians to Russell Brand. You said it right.

[@TheBasedGreeg]

How dare you weaponize my childhood trauma by playing the Lavender Town theme 😭😭😭 That theme still freaks me out to this day haha

[@onetwo8847]

YES! THANK YOU! This topic has been needed for a looooong time now. Russell is like Glenn Greenwald, he can sometimes be left, sometimes be further right, but regardless he is ALWAYS crazy...

[@dexterboucher06]

How can people listen to this????? My braincells are literally threatening suicide if I continue to listen to him!! Geeeeesh it's the most amount of words spoken that actually adds up to anything of substance!!

[@TheBushdoctor68]

Watching the first 10 minutes of the video, I can say that this is exactly what Russel does: Pointing out actual problems but *never* being specific about who causes what and who fights for what. When he addresses the healthcare system for example, he touches on wages, job security, pressure, etc, but *never* tells his audience what side of the political spectrum caused those social structures to be broken down and what side is fighting to keep the others from privatizing the lot. This behavior translated by most of his fans as "Russel doesn't tell you what to think, he lets you draw your own conclusions", and the main problem with that is that his audience aren't capable of drawing sensible conclusions because they just aren't informed enough, and Russel plays a great game in keeping it that way. Most of them are teens and young adults that are easy to get all riled up and then have no where else to put that energy but into hatred for others. After all, the type of immature comedy' that Russel uses (deliberately ridiculous arguments in a goofy voice) is specifically aimed at that audience. Russel's comment sections are usually riddled with flat-out racist, pro-war or anti-semitic threads, often upvoted by thousands and replies going into the hundreds. Whenever he says something remotely leftie, his audience go take a shit, and when he does this weird joke about Gates predicting a pandemic, they're back soaking up every word because, dear Vaush, it insinuates that the pandemic was Deliberate, and part of the 'Great Reset'. - I liked him during his hippie-like years, but currently consider Brand one of the most dangerous right-wing grifters and stepping stone for young people, specifically because he packages and hides it so well by pretending to have no political affiliation. At least with every other right-wing grifter it's clear what side they belong to.

[@EnricoFantini]

Spot on. From what I've seen, a majority of the comments are more generic and different versions of "Thank you Russell Brand for speaking the truth!!", rarely addressing the topic of the video, and they also get hundreds of likes. Could they be bots or are his followers just not interested in what Russell is saying? His Reddit page now has several threads calling him out, but his channel keeps growing and I guess that's all he cares about.

[@TheBushdoctor68]

@@EnricoFantini Exactly that, yes! No, they're not bots. It's the actual size of the next generation's upcoming right-wing problem. It's going to massive and has already started by several nations making sharp right turns. - Like Brexitania.

[@humanist7619]

@@TheBushdoctor68 Hey man what is the average "age group"of his audience? Are they new generation-Z under 30 moderately conservative people ? I was thinking most of them are 40-50+ mid aged people🙄

[@TheBushdoctor68]

@@humanist7619 During the time I've spent in those comment sections, my impression was that the majority of his audience are quite young. Late teens to early twenties is my guess. That is purely based on their use of grammar and their very basic, worn out right-wing talking points though. There are absolutely adults in his audience though. Maybe that number has increased over time during the pandemic. That's about the point where I left.

[@gdaymates431]

100 percent I have said to friends for a few years now that he is slowly shifting to the right and they didn't believe me. I knew it for a fact after the whole Texas abortion thing happened and he didn't do a single video talking about it. I realised straight away that he didn't do a video on it because he wants to cater to a right wing audience. Even though he constantly does videos about big tech and privacy! How the hell can he justify not speaking about a law that was passed that incentivises private citizens to spy on one another and dob them in for 10 grand!

[@MadkingLeviticus]

The vaccine is literally PPE (personal protective equipment). Complaining about hospital staff not receiving enough PPE (and they haven't) and then immediately saying it's alright for that staff to refuse the vaccine is silly. C'mon Brand.

[@PrimeNPC]

Lol the purpose of PPE is to protect against the virus. Rubber gloves are a form of PPE. They protect from covid. If you are wearing the correct mask, wearing PPE, you are protected from covid. If you are vaccinated, you are not protected from covid, you can catch it, spread it, die from it. You can also suffer or die from adverse events incurred from the vaccine as a bonus, with no compensation or refunds, as was known from the beginning.

[@themitraya8132]

And annual vaccines for everyone certainly won't endlessly spread more. Lol.

[@floridamanHooning]

it's not though... that's a weird one

[@manderly33]

@@themitraya8132 I read this comment several times and still have no idea what you’re trying to say. There are annual flu vaccines. They work well. You must love Russell a whole bunch to troll every comment trying SO HARD to own people.

[@themitraya8132]

@@manderly33 yeah flew vaccines have always worked well and the flew comes back every year because of how well it works.

[@nitzky8936]

Brand's method: 1) title every video something opaque, yet sensational: "THEY don't want you to know THIS", or "THAT's what it was ALL ABOUT" 2) start with an observation so uncontroversial, it verges on banal: "US spends too much on military, not enough on social programs". 3) pat yourself (and by proxy your own audience) on the back for solid 10 minutes, for figuring that out, as if it's some secret 3) end with vaguely gesturing towards some conspiracy theory, without stating it outright, so you have plausible deniability: "so that's what war in Ukraine is all about".

[@tenderhooligan7580]

Love that you're taking this guy down Vaush. He's gone full Jimmy Dore/Rogan the past while and it's depressing.

[@strideryoko]

Not sure why Vaush would support Regime change considering the history of poor outcomes.

[@ageneralsenseofconfusionan1268]

Because if something "Happened" to Putin after he drew too much fire we may, atleast for now, get a Russia who tries to keep his head down and not make an enemy of the whole world

[@strideryoko]

@@ageneralsenseofconfusionan1268 I don't agree. History says otherwise. In most of these situations you have a worse outcome. Iran, Libya, Iraq.

[@danielcrafter9349]

@@strideryoko - those were enforced regime change Vaush supports a change *from* a regime to a supported democratic state I'm sorry you can't see the difference between these things, I guess

[@strideryoko]

@@danielcrafter9349 That's the intention every time and it fails. Iraq and Afghanistan.....hello????

[@ombra711]

The tragic thing is. At one time he was a really positive dude and gave good advice based on his own trials and tribulations, I loved tuning in. I don't recognize him anymore. He's "performing" for a certain group and it shows.

[@jackvalentine7403]

What group? Please tell us..

[@sophiepooks2174]

A few like Jimmy Dore and Russel Brand have realized a while ago appealing to the right pays better and gets a bigger audience .

[@DM-Raven]

I used to like Russell Brand, but he got way too weird during the pandemic with his anti-mask anti-vaccine bullshit.

[@mylife-23]

Same

[@GrandmasterFerg]

He wasn't anti-mask and regarding the vaccines he was anti-mandate.

[@DM-Raven]

@@GrandmasterFerg Then he shouldn't be on about dumb conspiracy theories. He's sensationalizing to gain notoriety, it's really obvious.

[@GrandmasterFerg]

@@DM-Raven Ya it's just for notoriety, are you able to perceive anything outside of your grift lense?

[@jackvalentine7403]

@@DM-Raven name one that isn't 100% fact?

[@TheMimickid]

So I’ve been subscribed to Russ for a long ass time. He use to actually be super valuable on YT with his Trews channel. It’s really sad to see what his channel has become and I’m surprised it’s taken so long for people to actually start calling him out in all honesty

[@PrimeNPC]

He went from pretty left wing to slightly left wing with a bit of basic critical thinking and logical or balanced opinions on some things, some of these things are considered "right wing" somehow. For example the idea that someone may be against taking an experimental vaccine is supposedly a right wing thing, when it's actually just based on logic and common sense, with no relevance to politics.

[@TheMimickid]

@@PrimeNPC nothing I said was to comment on how left or right wing he is. The thing I find concerning is the massive amount of conspiracy baiting he does. He also tends to say very little of substance and is vague as hell. The reason some people might see that as right wing is because conspiracy theories are a lot bigger in right wing circles(almost as if they don’t have evidence that they are right so they resort to myths). I remember when he use to be very direct in specific things he disagreed with and called people out on it, he also use to get involved in a lot of direct action from what I remembered. I’m not gonna get into a vaccine debate with you because if you are still of the mindset that it’s bad, there is literally nothing in a Yt comment I can say to change your mind and I don’t feel like linking 100 links of credible studies proving my points. Interesting that’s immediately where you went tho friendo x

[@PrimeNPC]

@@TheMimickid "still of the mindset that it's bad".. After the more and more data showing it is bad comes out week by week lol. You're thinking backwards

[@PrimeNPC]

@@TheMimickid Can you specify some of the conspiracy theories he has mentioned? The vagueness is probably to avoid being censored or banned on KZbin, for anyone with basic critical thinking ability and basic knowledge on world events, even when presented with two vague sides of a story and told to make your own opinion up about it, it's not hard to fill in the gaps yourself.

[@TheMimickid]

@@PrimeNPC I said conspiracy baiting because again, he is so unspecific and vague lol. His whole channel comes off as some the end is nigh “the deep state, globalist, Illuminati, new world order” are killing everyone you love slowly. He leaves it so open that depending on who you are, you can just insert what ever baddy you want. When he says the elites, does he mean the government? Does he mean big tech? Does he mean the CIA? Does he mean the Jews? Does he mean the reptilians? You decide lol. And going through his comments, all of thee above apparently. There are people all over the political and social spectrum who are pretty direct, if he isn’t willing to risk it, he either doesn’t have anything to say, or he cares more about keeping the money coming then his message. Either option makes him a hack lol

[@arthurmorgan332]

About time someone called him out.

[@jry0511]

It seems more and more the sane left media is calling out these grifting fuckwads. So very happy to see it.

[@professorpancakes6545]

Majority Report called him out months ago.

[@LunaRose1312]

The whole pots and pans thing was so strange, half my street did it

[@christraeger5090]

I was waiting for someone to do a video on Russell. It's a shame how much his content has devolved into a cesspool of conspiracies and vapid analysis on anything he discusses. At this point, he's no better than Jimmy Dore or Tim Pool.

[@christraeger5090]

@norm simpson what’s funny is that he’s still terrible.

[@Gum_Cuzzler]

Russel is a grifter. He wants a career in the alt media space and realizes the money is on the right. Regardless of what his actual political positions are he has totally catered his content to a right wing audience.

[@spacebunsarah]

Or he’s deradicalizing people.

[@Gum_Cuzzler]

@@spacebunsarah Yeah, because you deradicalize people by making conspiracy videos about George Soros and cucking to Ben Shapiro.

[@dadbodenvy4247]

@@spacebunsarah he's pointing out problems without suggesting any solutions. So if his audience is radicalized it'll just validate the ways in which they're already radicalized without challenging the solutions they think are necessary. See, if he had specific solutions in mind his audience might disagree. So instead he lets them fill in the blanks with whatever politics they already believe so that they can keep feeling like they were right all along. Since his audience is increasingly right wing radicals, he's using this vague style of presentation to validate their right wing radical politics while having deniability for himself.

[@spacebunsarah]

@@dadbodenvy4247 Maybe. I’d be curious to hear someone’s take who is a real expert in this stuff for certain. What gives me hope is the language of class consciousness. I don’t care if they stay right wing. I just care if they’re authoritarians or not. A right winger who doesn’t want to oppress people using the force of the state is docile, harmless, and will organize with us.

[@nimrodery]

@@spacebunsarah You're not completely wrong, the existence of grifters like Russel helped deradicalize me.

[@TheStrix]

It's weird, I thought about him on a whim a week ago and checked out his KZbin channel to see where he was politically these days, and thought that he was one of the more clever vague posting grifters. He might even be a real leftist with coherent ideas about contemplative/transcendental spiritual philosophy in his heart of hearts, but he seems to be using those ideas to manipulate the directionless conspiracy crowd. I thought to myself: "I'd love to hear what leftist creators think of this guy, it's an interesting grift." Vaush put him in his stream title the NEXT DAY. Finally, the connections to the CIA are paying off for the consumer. Also, I watched the VOD, but I'm glad I showed up for the edit.

[@TheStrix]

@@waltergrace565 I was VERY clear that he's a CIA plant. Wake up, sheeple.

[@justalostlocal]

@@waltergrace565 Are you Carl's alt account?

[@aemeth5418]

He's just a little smarter and a little more cultish british version of Alex Jones

[@Bossdup]

Well well.

[@faceless_man566]

I can't help but feel like that disheveled man in the pink robe talking about new world order might be a bit insane

[@PlanetDeLaTourette]

The way this man carries himself would make me warn people and keep distance myself if I'd meet him in real life. Extrovert is one thing. I feel like being stabbed with red flags. No reason to drop the hammer yet. But he seems inauthentic in several ways, behind his bohemian appearance. Might be media presentation, though that also reveals and angles.

[@dardangashi916]

Used to watch him few years back, was shocked when I saw some videos of his recently, he's become more and more unhinged while going balls deep into covid conspiracies

[@themitraya8132]

Like I told your friend, I'd rather watch Cenk Uygar discuss his love for V&V (Vaccines and Vaush).

[@jackvalentine7403]

Name one "conspiracy" that he's mentioned that isn't 100% fact? I'll wait.

[@karlsonmorten5624]

What on earth are you talking about?? Have you done ANY research on anything ever?? We actually KNOW for fact now that there was a MASSIVE conspiracy around covid; Lots of lies from the government, Fauci, companies. We were lies to about everything: The origin of covid, "masks work " , Vaccines are safe and effective, lockdowns are necessary - and so on... All have been proven to be wrong now. So what on earth are you babbeling about kid? The "conspiracy theorists" were actually right on every single major point they made, in the last two years. Where have you been? Playing too much computergames?

[@doublenegation7870]

You mean the same vaccines that were forced on the world even though they didn't do squat to prevent illness or transmission and mysteriously leaving people with heart disease? Ya man, way to think critically you dunce.

[@simmetriad]

What is shocking is see the Vaush and his crowd lick the boot of big pharma and still think of themselves as progressives and critical thinkers. Firing healthcare workers for not wanting an experimental vaccine justified? When the vaccine in question does not prevent transmission and tests could be taken instead? Not to mention that many of those healthcare workers already had natural immunity.

[@theophrastus2766]

Thank you! I was waiting for someone to call it..

[@WollyChaps]

Watching Russel Brand is usually a punishment reserved for those trapped in the ninth circle of hell. Thank you for this treat!

[@andyprompt]

Brand does seem like he's parodying a conspiracy theorist. Its pretty funny

[@themitraya8132]

Or maybe a Hippie spiritual conspiracy theorist. It's funny how different he is from polished mainstream normies.

[@manderly33]

@@themitraya8132 Darling, he was a highly paid, famous actor and comedian. He’s super hecking mainstream. Don’t be fooled by the long hair and the macrame. Too late, I guess.

[@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770]

Maybe this is all like some kind of elaborate piece of performance art.

[@DrakeEastwood]

the globalists control both the left and the right and RB is merely stating what needs to be said in order to prove cognitive dissonance and mass formation psychosis in the masses.

[@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770]

@@DrakeEastwood all I hear is “Blah blah blah. Conspiracy shit. Blah blah blah. I probably hate Jews but am too afraid to say that out loud. Blah blah blah.”.

[@neildepressedtyson540]

Weird that this was in the algo

[@adamhunt873]

Russel brand has always talked like an absolute nutter. Here in the UK he’s been around for ages and he has always spoken in this weird rambling way

[@themitraya8132]

Russel Brand is also one of the only funny comedians in the UK.

[@markpatterson2764]

The end game is that Brand gets 10x the views when he frantically spouts this conspiracy nonsense and millions a month in ad fees.

[@charlesgallagher1376]

Glad you noticed the fast talking blah blah bullshit that is Brand’s brand. Also the don’t vote, gain power through feeling good about Brand.

[@Lotan_]

Brand has always been a grifter tbh. While he's never gone full Right, his positions have flip flopped all over the place for years now.

[@dannyromano3664]

All of them are grifters manipulating the masses. Including Vaush