The Fall of Russell Brand

In which I explore the world of Russell Brand, asking what is a conspiracy theory? What can history and psychology tell us about them? When are they wrong and when might they be right? Who believes them and why? And what does the MSM, BBC, RFK Jr, Covid, vaccines, Dutch Farmers, the WEF, and the Great Reset have to do with it?
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Chapters:
00:00 - INTRO: Russell Brand
04:33 - ONE: The Great RESET
11:46 - TWO: Farmers, Truckers, and the People
16:21 - THREE: COVID-19, Vax, Pandemics
26:30 - FOUR: History & Conspiracy
31:17 - FIVE: The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories
38:21 - SIX: Fallacies & Cognitive Biases
43:03 - SEVEN: The Mainstream Media Agenda
49:18 - EIGHT: The Recent Allegations & Rumble
01:02:25 - NINE: Narcissistic News Entertainment
01:10:54 - TEN: Public Trust & Private Solutions
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[@Mickey_Valentine]

Don't forget his affzir with the rotschild heiress --- Russel had his reputation already in the trash in the UK at least a decade ago

[@Bakedgoodza]

people prentend being anti politics is a valid position. if your anti institution regardless of who operates it, then your just a sheep of the other heard.

[@antlerman7644]

Very well written video, I hope this reaches those who are in Russels grasps, and they consider the many questions you raised.

[@izdotcarter]

Your production is a balm. I appreciate it. Particularly when you’re showing footage you put a blinds-like affect on the screen. The effect I experience is to be a bit less transfixed.

[@chancecatalyst47]

22:05 in the voice-over you misread "excluding all Ventavia subjects" as "INcluding all Ventavia subjects"... minor error, but pretty significant difference in meaning in context, especially if someone is just listening to this.

[@Snariasdqwada]

I think Brand is just extremely angry because someone stole the first three buttons on all his shirts.

[@deirdreoleary3806]

😂😂😂

[@dianefleming9765]

That made me laugh out loud! 😂

[@WarFoxThunder]

LMAOOO

[@vihuelamig]

Definitely funnier than anything Brand has ever come up with!

[@Andyanddiana467]

That, and the Katy Perry Alimony money must be running out.

[@bujinkanatori]

Government? no, it's COMPANIES that love monthly payments, saas services, where people dont BUY stuff, but subscribe into a service where they have unlimited access to services, but they dont OWN anything.

[@analogdistortion]

the WEF and other global wanna be dictators want this though

[@Alkatross]

Yes, Russell Brand is also a company. It's just a big grift.

[@mayakyen3695]

I have a hard time looking for a difference between companies (corporation) and government.

[@kcj1993]

That's a strange assertion. The service business model is not malicious, it's an alternative to ownership which in many cases has its own ongoing costs.

[@bujinkanatori]

World economic Forum throws ideas in the air for economists to think of, and low education people think they revealed their secret plan.

[@orion_13]

Phizer said it investigated claims and found no problems with the results that they reported.... this is the whole problem. There should be an outside 3rd party to investigate this, not the company investigating itself.

[@nancychandler3673]

Independent researchers did test the Pfizer vaccine. You just posted propaganda on a video about propaganda. The irony 😂

[@christianhofer6234]

There is... clinical trials are always under the oversight of regulatory bodies. And the doctors performing those trials are not employed by pfizer either. They work independently. Pfizer is the "sponsor" of the trial.

[@fawahi3684]

Pfizer* it's a German Surname but also comes from the Language: Latein/Latin.

[@fawahi3684]

It means to whistle in Latin☺️

[@cheesenbiscuits]

Phizer is paying everbody off. Corruption is rife.

[@thomasnussbaumer1556]

"Did Wendy really kill all the smurfs? I don't know, I'm just asking questions!" Eric Cartman 2009

[@Imperial_Squid]

That "just asking questions" line is so annoying

[@willbaro5879]

​@@Imperial_Squid Catechetical Method was put to great use by both Socrates & Cicero. Probably it's a matter of taste if found annoying.

[@Imperial_Squid]

@@willbaro5879 Do you mean the socratic method? Since that's about question and answer reasoning. All I can find for catechetical method is stuff about christian worship etc. And sure, the socratic method can be useful, but it requires that the person asking the questions is acting in good faith. But most of the time the people saying they're "just asking questions" are just trying to cover for the appearance of bias, while having a clear agenda to the questions, as is the case with Brand

[@helenaquin1797]

I believe the original poster was mocking the phrase for the very reasons you outline - and for humor, did so over the question of what happened to cartoon characters for emphasis. ​@Imperial_Squid

[@str.77]

@@Imperial_Squid catechesis means teaching, instruction. It has nothing to do with worship.

[@youruler11]

“When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of people in society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorises it and a moral code that justifies it” (Frederic Bastiat)

[@TheDavidlloydjones]

Cynicism is the wisdom of the dolt -- and only stupid people plunder close to home.

[@Dodgerzden]

This reminds me of the recent quote and its many versions, "When you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression."

[@sirosagaming8228]

I.E Vikings and Tax Evaders

[@nope007_]

:] good guess but if ya know.. ya know

[@dcivicik]

And then the plebs come out defending that very system which is growing ripe at the cost of their lives.

[@aaron2709]

Great. Very thorough, as usual. One part of Brand's 'agenda' you only touched on gently is Russell's 'financial incentive.' I don't think he started his on-line presence this way but he became a grifter. He started pushing conspiracy videos hard because the views + money went way up. Eventually, he got high on his own supply, started drinking his own snake oil, believing his own propaganda. The more he acted like Alex Jones, the more affirming views & money he received and, conveniently, any criticism simply justified the conspiracy thinking. It became a causal loop.

[@dennisalexander1397]

Yeah hes just an unintelligent fake down to his last $20 million living a lie … have a look at the issues a bit deeper and you may understand he has some integrity imo

[@atomsk1972]

Sadly, there is no need for vast global conspiracy theories, as terrible things occur right in front of our faces; for example, the corporate capture of government agencies, such as, environmental agencies. (I just checked my own environmental protection agency members - 2 property developers, 1 corporate environmental lawyer, 1 business professor who advocates the cultural importance of mining, 1 prof who writes papers on oil and gas and mining issues. [10 years ago it was former employees of oil & gas and mining companies - is that progress or progress in hiding the manipulation of an agency that 20 years ago actually tried to protect the environment?]).

[@Undivided_X]

That's fucking dystopic.

[@QuadraticCoStanza]

I’ve been having my own little bout with conspiracies lately, I’m off social media besides KZbin, am involved with sales and political campaigns and read way too many history books about the lead up to and rebuilding of Europe and WW2. The legalization of weed combined with my adhd and insatiable hunger for more information has made me feel legit crazy the last few months. BUT what your video showed me is why I’ve started thinking like this and helped me recognize it and chill out. It’s about control in my life and I really truly cannot thank you enough. This video needs to reach more people, please remake without Russell Brand as the main character bc I could give two f*cks about him but explaining why someone’s family member or themselves is starting to act like Charlie in the mailroom looking for Pepe Silvia would possibly save some people from making poor decisions this November.

[@Intact-gf5zz]

rofl at charlie in the mailroom

[@MattBooth]

I had ADHD. Get the medication (Adderall/Ritalin). It really does help, along with counselling.

[@Xind-te4rq]

Wdym 'this november' its january

[@rottnk9527]

​@@Xind-te4rqposter was referring to election month in the US which is Nov, not the actual date.

[@forensicdarling]

The WEFFERS are still coming for you. But why worry? 😅

[@alexsmith-gn4tp]

Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean that people aren't out to get you😊

[@GhostSal]

What the h3ll, this guy said trust the mainstream media! This guy is not telling the truth! 90% of the media in the United States is controlled by just six corporations (that have aligned interests). The medía blamed Russía for destroying their own pipeline, which is absurd and we now know to be untrue. The Cøvïd vaccíne, does have issues, 900% increase in heart problems and the medía doesn’t tell you that, nor did he. The medía called anyone questioning the origin of Cøvid a racíst propagandísts but the lab origin turns out to be true. The medía called the laptop story a Russían hoax, but the laptop story also turned out to be true. The Twítter fíles proved the gøvernment is pulling the strings of the medía and controlling narratíves. The media says repłacement theory is a myth but then also predict whíte Eurøpeans and whíte Americans will be a minority in their own countríes within decades. So which is it, is it a “myth” or are whíte people going to be the mínority. 9-11 is suspicíous, no vídoes other than a couple frames of what hit the pentagøn was released, $2.3 trillion was “unaccounted” for and (steel) building 7 came down from “office fires” JFK is also suspiciøus! Epsteín self delete was suspicíous! Short list of actual real conspiracies: * Operation Northwoods * Tuskegee Syphilis Study * MKUltra * Human radiation experiments * Alcohol poisoned during prohibition * Operation Paperclip * Operation Mockingbird * Operation Condor * Operation Sea Spray * Project FF * Project Sunshine * Operation Midnight Climax * Torture, warrantłess wíretaps, no bíd defense cøntracts, and the 1990 Testimony of Nayirah P.S. I’m an atheist and don’t believe in an afterlife .

[@spiritualanarchist8162]

But they'r probably not .... That'the second part of the quote.

[@samhailess]

never met a wise man, if so it's a woman

[@fuksmkoud6716]

Nirvana lyric

[@spiritualanarchist8162]

@@MattAngiono I mean that this saying goes : Just because you'r paranoid doesn't mean there after you,but they probably aren't. Because paranoia is a mental disease. When applied to someone like Brand I find it rather ironic. Because he's an example of someone who benefits from the capitalist system.

[@wudzah]

Not every conspiracy is a theory.

[@julianmorrisco]

Yeah, but it all gets fuzzy when people say ‘conspiracy’ when they mean ‘conspiracy theory’.

[@althepsyphros3314]

@@julianmorrisco I totally agree!! thats such a big thing.. like how can so many people just use that word in such a willy-nilly way? Like it means that conspiracy is inherently a dumb idea. Conspiracies just don't happen! that's mad!

[@rednarok]

anyone today who questions the state or powerful people are called conspiracists thus the mass media calls everything a conspiracy. Even Alex jones who is the dumbest conspiracist is right 1/3 of the times. Trumps call to be peaceful in 6 Jan attack was shadowbanned on twitter while there were more then 150 secret agents in that parade, Jacob Anthony Angeli Chansley in prison when there is video evidence of him reading out trumps message on the megaphone. its all a conspiracy because trumo incited violence right?? RIGHT?? @@althepsyphros3314

[@thealmightyaku-4153]

Yes, but unless you've got *_hard evidence_* to show that there is indeed an _actual_ conspiracy, it _is_ just a conspiracy theory. Conspiracy theorists never have hard evidence (by which I mean actual documentation, communications records, physical objects, and so on), by definition. They just have reaching, innuendo, coincidences, misinformation, (mis)interpretation, rumour, &c. At best they only have second-hand information they claim to get from others - never the original source info. And of course, they ignore all actual hard evidence that speaks against their ideas when it's shown to them.

[@selbalamir]

The problem is that critical thinking is not widely developed enough for many people to differentiate between what is possible and what is plausible.

[@zrez2241]

He's more of a conspiracy vocalist, I think most of us know enough to drop the theorist part at this point.

[@janewaysmom]

Honestly what's so good about this video is also what's so frustrating about it - Russell Brand's minimally sourced points of view are something I can see pretty much anyone around me accidentally doing as well. I like to imagine he meant well by starting his channel and really intended to help people, but was just lazy with his research and his planning, and as a result has gone to a bad direction, and I could imagine anyone sitting near me in a restaurant or on a bus just doing that exact same thing by accident. (I can't imagine just anyone on a bus doing some of the things he's accused of, and wrote about in his book, but that's separate from this). I live in an area where I think most of the adults haven't gone to post secondary, and I hear a lot of conspiracies. It's frustrating to me that media figures like Brand and like the talking heads on Fox take advantage of that, and allow people to get more poorly researched info from them, so these people who may not know to keep researching, or who may not be able to do so (because of time constraints), still wind up not knowing the whole story. They make people continue to not be able to make up their own mind with all the info, which is clearly what these people want more than anything. It's a betrayal of the core desire of their audience.

[@thraxgagan1845]

Noooooooo. He’s encouraging research and for people NOT to receive all of their information and opinions from media and accept it as their own. Listen to all sides of the story, even the silenced/least accepted ones. But we’re brainwashed into thinking there’s some “correct” way to think. Everyone feels righteous but we’re all just judgmental.

[@AgeofCraccadilliaassent]

Cia

[@mrtambourineman6107]

Useful idiots to the likes of Putin

[@MercurialStatic]

Lol do you get paid for this? All you’re doing is trying to paint a narrative for people who are ignorant.

[@janewaysmom]

@@MercurialStatic no, tbh I just have complicated feelings about conspiracy theorists because I had a coworker who I cared about who died from his belief in conspiracies (he had a treatable illness and we're Canadian, but he opted not to get it treated by doctors). I also live in an area where it seems like these things catch hold really well, and I used to work with a lot of people who were unhoused, and they almost 100% seem to believe conspiracies across the board. It's hard to blame them when they don't have safe places to go at the end of the day, and it makes me pity them a lot.

[@CarsonHoy]

A conspiracy is when a group works together for a desired outcome, conspiring is a normal part of human life. Enforcing which group’s desired outcomes we are allowed to talk about is normal too, it’s called manipulation. "To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize." - Voltaire

[@llothar68]

But planned and organized working together and this is what is not happening. It’s also not coincidence, it’s the flow of the system

[@denisquarte7177]

FYI you're not quoting "Voltaire" 😓

[@TheSupriest]

Your definition is really bad. If the group working together is not hiding it, if the purpose is not nefarious (to the target of said conspiracy at least), it's not a conspiracy. Absolutely anything related to the cooperation of several people would be a conspiracy in your view. So for exemple if I want to create a business with a friend, it's a conspiracy right? Go read a dictionnary instead of inventing your own bs seriously.

[@mavrom4537]

Waw.. before I was only interested on undisturbed TV sells on profecyes.. numbers of lottery. sexy phone calls..cellulitis creams etc. , Now after this 1 hour-18 min 'Truth' only stuff ... absolutelely necessary give some $$ to russel ... to keep him alive to study phenomenon .. & push him in every universities.

[@TheSupriest]

And yeah, Your quote is from a neo nazi, not Voltaire... I bet you're not the last to criticize your own government.

[@kenstucke]

You seem to have missed the part at the beginning where Brand says he is not claiming a conspiracy, but demonstrating where economic interests align between powerful corporations and governments and unelected organizations claiming to act on our behalf.

[@alvodin6197]

I don't think that's the point people are trying to make. People don't think Brand is authentic, basically we see him as a grifter who is taking advantage of gullible people who get a sense of belonging by calling out grand conspiracies. Some people have a problem with dip shits like that.

[@inoshikachokonoyarobakayar2493]

​@@alvodin6197 "Gullible" Tea, leave the kettle alone.

[@slackdee]

@@inoshikachokonoyarobakayar2493 "Grifter" seems to be a favourite expression that establishment employees resort to, to apply to anyone trying to remotely tell the truth. The irony being it's these lapdogs who work for the 1% scum-at-the-top, true grifters.

[@rachelhead4986]

I'm positive you just spoke RB verbatim 😂

[@DrunkenAussie76]

@@alvodin6197 Grifter - Tankie insult for someone making money from willing donations by people spending their own money on what they want to. People making their own decision of where their money goes just eats you commies alive dosen't it...

[@nunyabizznez2805]

The difference between established facts and conspiracy theories is about 3 weeks nowadays.

[@NinaGray-eq9on]

It wasn't the Telegraph who worked alongside Ch4 in reporting the allegations, it was The Times & The Sundsy Times - 2 different publications.

[@PostingCringeOnMain]

There was a Channel 4 'Dispatches' investigative journalism programme which is produced independently of Channel 4 (though regularly airs on C4), which Channel 4 still decided to air despite it being critical of Channel 4 and then C4 subsequently launched an investigation into it's self and sparked the BBC to do the same. The Times and The Sunday Times were also investigating historical claims against Brand and they are part of the same newspaper group - "The Sunday Times" being the Sunday edition of "The Times". In the UK "the Sunday papers" refers to a special 'Sunday Edition' of daily papers, such as The Daily Mail / Mail on Sunday, The Mirror/ The Sunday Mirror and The Guardian (week days) / The Observer (Sunday paper). The Sunday editions have seperate editorial teams and different and occasionally conflicting journalistic output (The Daily Mail supported Brexit, The Mail on Sunday opposed it!). They are usually much larger and contain far more photography, longer form investigative journalism and go deeper into stories that take longer to write and research and cover things the daily papers don't because daily publications tend to rely on throwaway articles that are sensational for a day and then end up as a nothingburger. The Sunday papers take time to go deeper into issues that, as they say in the business, 'have legs'. All major publications and broadcasters reported the allegations, but it was The Times and Sunday Times who did one investigation and Channel 4 Dispatches that did another which coincided and published together for maximum impact and likely to indemnify themselves against a highly litigious individual who has sued outlets in the past for trying to report on him. By two (*technically three) major insitutions "tag teaming" the allegations, he wouldn't be able to nix the story by threats of defamation, because the allegations will have been so thoroughly vetted and researched by so many different people that'd it'd be hard to get a judge and a legal team on side to take them all on at once. It's also exceedingly rare to see two politically opposed outlets (C4 being mostly left leaning and The Times being deeply Conservative) carrying the same story. It's also quite interesting that The Times Group is a subsidiary of NewsCorp (Murdoch Owned) and were still able to publish the story even as Fox were settling their defamation case brought by Dominion in the US. Their reporting must have been air-tight to get that past the editors.

[@dumalucky]

The mantra 'YOU WILL OWN NOTHING AND BE HAPPY' is a direct quote from the WEF. It is not just an imagined outcome.

[@mdd4296]

Except that isnt the WEF's stance at all. It was posted on the wef's equivalence of the opinion section by Ida Auken, intended to be her vision of the future "for better or worse" with the intention of provoking discussion, not revealing any kind of truths. The quote is also often misattributed to klaus schwab, who had nothing to do with it. So yes, this is the definition of an imagined outcome, it was literally a made up scenario by Auken.

[@dumalucky]

What you imply is that this quote was simply a comment posted on an opinion section, You are a deceiver and liar. In fact the quote comes from a professionally produced WEF promotional video which I and thousands of others have seen. In that Video it also says that visiting the country side will be a treat not a right. FACT The WEF published a promotional video with inspiration from Auken'. The video, depicting an unidentified man smiling with a digital on-screen graphic reading "You'll own nothing. And you'll be happy" was produced by the WEF and therefore endorsed by the WEF. You will have to get up a bit earlier I am afraid. Also I have seen the entire work prior to the WEF doing its best to hide it after the backlash it received.

[@dumalucky]

@@mdd4296 Oh and and Just to be clear the WEF also state.. you will rent everything..Which is of course the case when you OWN Nothing! People like you are part of the problem we have in this World.

[@dumalucky]

@@mozesmarcus461 Mozes you are wrong and I will tell you why. The WEF runs a training program for future world leaders. They have done this for decades and have trained and indoctrinated thousands upon thousands of politicians. For example: Putin and Gorden Brown were actually in the same class when being trained by the WEF. Schwab has openly boasted about infiltrating and influencing the changes in various countries using those leaders that were trained by the WEF. Its those people who make laws and they are working to the WEF's agenda.. so how will we get those laws that protect our freedom?. All I can say is by getting people to wake up the the real threat the WEF and those who fund it pose to the World. Same goes for the WHO who are currently grabbing powers from almost all countries around the World using WEF trained Politicians to implement laws handing powers to the WHO.

[@mdd4296]

@@dumalucky It's not a comment posted on an opinion section. It was an article posted in the opinion section similar to how forbes have their own opinion section where those "forbes said x" clickbait article find the most wild shit to repost. That video you mentioned was "WEF by 2030" literally said "8 predictions for the world in 2030". Again, a made up scenario similar to what Auken intended. There is nothing in that video about how visiting the countryside isnt a right. About the only policies the video endorsed are: carbon tax (already done long before the video and it's useless), refugee (the condition that created those immigration wave have been there long before wef) and democractic check and balance (made at the latest in the 18th century and still, a rigged game at its best) Your paranoia is just making shit up at this point. I dont need to deduce batshit insane plots from scant information to know that the wef only concern is to preserve the current capitalist world order with newer technology, like every other intragovernments organs before and after it.

[@antlerman7644]

Cults are genuinely terrifying. Fooled by charisma and fancy words, everyone thinks they're immune to people like brand, but keep your ego in check because we're all vulnerable to manipulative people.

[@derpfaddesweisen]

To a certain extent true, but a degree of arrogance and stupidity is also necessary to become part of it.

[@user-dr2wk2tz7x]

Their judgement is clouded because they want to believe that they're special instead of just being gullible.

[@ssilva5663]

Exactly like the person who made this video.

[@jackeagleeye3453]

@@MattAngiono Nobody said they are a cult because they wanted more democracy. Nice straw man.

[@ssilva5663]

@@lexluthor9509 Then you are extra special

[@latebloomer7191]

This is excellent content. Very well thought out and presented. I appreciate all of what went into producing it and have subscribed. I followed Brand on KZbin for a while during the pandemic, before he went deep into the anti vaccine paranoia. I think he decided to step into the hole left by Tucker Carlson's firing, and ramp up on the 'just asking questions' schtick. It became annoying, the more intense and conspiratorial he became. I see that type of content, including Joe Rogan, as vampiric and evangelical. It appeals to people who are seeking someone to tell them what to think about issues, and, as you suggested, to tie it up in a neat little package of hidden malice, so one knows who the bogey men are and how they're trying to take something from us. It feeds on fear.

[@rinishan]

Yeah, I had a similar experience. At first it seemed he was making good rational points about small businesses suffering, people's mental health and trade-offs of lockdowns, but it turned very anti-science over time. Had to stop following, and I'm glad I did. Didn't realize he also has a history of being a predator/s-offender.

[@susansmiles2630]

Excellent, as always! Thank you!

[@jordanjudice4504]

Where?!?

[@lorddranaut]

No matter how RB is framed whether it is a conspiracy theorist or someone that is upset with the economics of the world it will only cause people to dig deeper into the truth of the matter which in turn is a good thing.

[@sabinereynaudsf]

It is unlikely that there is one such truth and it is all centrally controlled. There different issues and different "truths".

[@TheDavidlloydjones]

It might. Can you point us all to a cause that Brand has initiated, in which his attention to a previously unknown issue led to wide investigation and defeat of that evil?

[@judewarner1536]

The problem here is that people don't actually dig deeper, they tend to pivot to sources of OPINION that reflect their own interests, beliefs and biases.

[@NormayzLed]

I believe his personal testimony of overcoming has been the greatest takeaway@@TheDavidlloydjones

[@prof_kaos9341]

​@@judewarner1536Kia Ora Jude, well said

[@jacindahalcrow3291]

Ok. Are you saying mainstream media does NOT censor information?

[@billweir1745]

On the other side of that; you really think these grifters don't omit information in order to make what they say seem more true? Brand found a niche and hit the ground running. It's incredibly easy money to be had.

[@billweir1745]

@@MattAngiono What are you talking about? He's been a celebrity for like 20 years. And that's exactly how a grift works. You pivot to something you see others will latch on to. He got viral recognition for something, and then went full force into that. I can see now why the grift was so easily spent on you.

[@baneverything5580]

Citizens of the planet are NOT GONNA TAKE THEIR LIES ANYMORE! And they know it! They`re getting DESPERATE!

[@selbalamir]

Conspiracy theories by their nature sort the vulnerable away from the pack. Easy pickings for hyenas.

[@obrnenydrevokocur9344]

@@billweir1745 That's the thing though, he does not claim to be impartial, that's why he and other independent reporters are more trustworthy than mainstream media, at least they are being honest about their biases.

[@Johnconno]

Brand has all the worst characteristics of a dry drunk/addict. He's stark staring sober.

[@kjdtm]

I don't know who you guys (youtubers) keep finding those awesome matching images (illustrations) to your stories... this video is like a BBC documentary...

[@user-tn5xq6fe7x]

You can buy or rent video clips and illustrations/graphics from stock services. Just search "Stock photos and video"

[@str.77]

Is "like a BBC documentary" a praise or a criticism?

[@kjdtm]

@@str.77 lol. was intended to be a praise.. would have better if i wrote "fancy good documentaries" "BBC" was the less brain energy usage output...

[@str.77]

@@kjdtm One never knows these days... well if you like manipulative illustrations, to each their own.

[@ModernSocialist]

High praise indeed, since the BBC makes the best documentaries in the world. Apart from that David Attenborough. It is an objective fact that penguins don't exist and are the form the Illugminauti take when they appear on the BBC to give us their commands.

[@thenobleandmightybeaver4411]

Jason Kenney is no longer the Premier of Alberta. He was removed from office last year by a vote of no confidence.

[@damiancampbell7534]

Yet the current Premier is even worse than Kenny. Way to go guys! I hate living in this province and knowing just how thoughtless my neighbors are.

[@husher5142]

@@damiancampbell7534 you deserve everything that is rolling out this year and next ... Your ignorance is astounding.

[@dennisalexander1397]

With respect as WEF becomes more prominent to what they are striving for, maybe Kenney was fairly accurate 🤔

[@bobo0202]

@@damiancampbell7534Then leave. All kinds of "better" province for you to go to

[@doktortutankamazon31]

I live in Illinois USA and our Midwest farmland is larger than any European country. Nitrogen pollution is a very big problem. Nitrogen pollution within the Mississippi River watershed has created a dead zone at its delta in Louisiana.

[@chazzbranigaan9354]

​@@MattAngiono vegans don't grow plants?

[@benallwood2717]

Most N fertiliser (which is causes run off prblems) is used in plant based food production. Its a good reason to buy organic, whether meat or plant based.

[@Beauweir]

Than any European country?

[@svenjorgenson3224]

And unfortunately without nitrogen to feed the crops.... we will starve without food. YOu need nitrogen to grow things....but maybe that's another conspiracy theory .... I'm just an old farmer that knows you can't grow shit without nitrogen

[@henrikljungstrand2036]

​@@svenjorgenson3224Nitrogen is necessary for the crops. So are many other minerals. Doesn't mean we need artificial fertilizers. Instead we need more manure from livestock, more crop circulation from year to year (or from reaping to sowing), smaller sizes of crop specific farmlands, and especially a larger amount of the population working with farming. Too many people are living in cities nowadays, which makes us crazy, because we lose our connection with Nature and instead start to believe all kinds of unnatural ideologies, religions and "educational" indoctrination because of how lost we are (or because of violent oppression from our rulers). Humans need to live in harmony with Nature, in order to stay sane and healthy. Our education ought to be mostly homeschooling, with a focus on basic survival skills (in the wild, or as a farmer), and in any case encouraging practical experiments, critical thinking, and trusting one's own heart ethics and gut feelings. Our religion ought to be grounded in gratefulness, kindness and devotion towards Nature, in benevolent and evidently real magical practices, and in connecting with our own inner and higher soul nature (and through it, with the Divine), through knowledge rather than through belief. Our ideology should be based in love, cooperation, peace, compassion, self defense, understanding, practicality and common sense.

[@mirandashuwera3389]

I would enjoy it if this channel could do a breakdown of the Project Mockingbird issue that is still affecting media today. 🤔

[@onesong2001]

lol.

[@user-wq2ve7kq9e]

Including the repeal of the Smith-Mundt Act which removed any and all restrictions of the US govt propagandizing the citizenry

[@SaintD382]

Do you mean _Operation_ Mockingbird?

[@onesong2001]

@@SaintD382 You know the answer to your question.

[@2JZwithabigsingle]

@@SaintD382 everyone loves a pedantic know it all

[@TERRANOVAofficial]

its all about the title isn't it? had me fooled .

[@thekeysman6760]

Well, the title is a lie to start with. But I'm only ten minutes in...What do you mean, please?

[@belen_hummus]

While this video claims that Brand is not giving us the whole picture but taking selected pieces of data and blowing them out of proportion, the author himself hasn't given us the whole picture of Brand, but has selected a few of Brand's claims and blew them out of proportion.

[@Willy_Tepes]

Brand seems authentic but a little confused. Almost everything of what he says is true.

[@davevoyce131]

While at the same time calling him a hypocrite

[@Willy_Tepes]

Personal attacks seems to be the tactic of Shaytan.@@davevoyce131

[@geroffmilan3328]

Brand is an untrustworthy narcissist. And my conclusion is based not on this video, but watching Brand over time. However one point this video makes does summarise my view tidily: he has gone from championing minority causes - I presume he did this out of goodness - to echoing debunked conspiracy theories - I presume he did this for money & exposure. I don't think he's willfully evil - but you don't have to be evil to lend evil a hand.

[@josephglenn1471]

The number of people who will fall for this is truly saddening 😢

[@Ghoulstille]

When Brand started telling everyone to "Question Everything" but left out questioning himself by using the "I'm just asking questions" defence but not really looking for any answers just finding more questions and then asking for people to subscribe to his various paid options is when I dropped off from listening to him. If he wants to be another grifter in a land of grifters that seem to be everywhere all wanting you to spend 4.99 a monthto hear them bloviate that's fine but I have no interest in giving him any of my money or any to others who do what he does.

[@amandab3946]

@@MattAngionodid you give Russell Brand $4.99 ? 😏

[@steves1015]

He is good at talking, and that is about it. I would love to know why some people think he is a genius and genuinely compare him to other smart celebrities like Stephen Fry. I've never particularly liked him, he always came across as full of his own importance.

[@erzsebetkovacs2527]

When somebody claims themselves to be free of any bias and exist as a glass funnel of sorts, that's how you know that they are probably incredibly biased and don't even know it.

[@Unqualifiedtake]

I think it is a bad idea to assume farmer are family owned, small operations. Many of them are huge corporate operations, which keep the small family farm picture in our mind

[@VonFels]

And also foreign ownership by government owned companies. Mass amounts of Canadian farm lands and energy and other industries in Canada are owned by private corporations and governments from outside countries.

[@ivx8345]

Aah yes, first force the family owned operations to become a business with an unending forest of rules and regulations. Then they are businesses, and they are bad.

[@thekeysman6760]

Pharma*

[@janewaysmom]

And to think I just came on here to find out what Russell Brand had been doing in the past ten years while I thought he'd fallen off the face of the earth lol.

[@leslielandberg5620]

As far as Dutch farmers go, you’ve got on the “reasonable” cover story - and it is plausible and an important problem. However, this just serves as cover for a naked power grab. The farmers have no way of keeping up with the proposed changes. No assistance or suggestions have been offered and it is a zero sum game: get out of farming or comply to standards that simply are IMPOSSIBLE. They are even going after organic and bio intensive farmers. What it looks like from on the ground there is they are instituting a massive land grab and will then either return to more conservative farming methods once they control the land the farmers gave up on or will grow nothing at all, and reveal that their objective is to starve millions of people. Many people in the Netherlands are convinced it is the latter.

[@garynelson2409]

I would like to see all the evidence of how extensive the nitrate issue is to health, I'm curious how it compares to the many health issues that appear to be prevalent among vaccinated people globally.

[@slackdee]

@@garynelson2409 Indeed, I think the latter have proven to be far more threatening to the health of their recipients, than the nitrate issue. "Safe and effective".......

[@sabinereynaudsf]

That scenario assumes that all live stock raising will be stopped. Where does it say that all live stock farms will be bought up? The goal is to maintain nitrogen levels in bodies of water and to prevent algal blooms and improve water quality. Perhaps more flexibility and support is needed. Btw. the landgrab has happened already. Agricultural enterprises went from 410,000 to 55,000.

[@theroadsnearyou...5088]

You’re wrong about their objective being to starve millions of people! Billions is more like it!

[@rednarok]

starving a country is abit too far, it gotta make money that why they sink teeth in

[@SolomonFuller]

Thanks for the critique of RB. I watch his videos daily, so it’s good to take a step back and check one’s self. I think a lot of us are just searching for truth more than ever now, so we look for people that report unbiased information; if that’s even a thing. Thanks again!

[@gordonstrong5232]

It's refreshing to see genuine self awareness and reflection in a KZbin comment, respect 👍

[@lisaw150]

​@@MattAngiono as a leftist, I find it somewhat unnerving that some critical thinkers have ended up with this very surface-level sort of oppositional epistemology: "if the mainstream/elites say this, it is likely to be wrong". That's simply not always the case and critical thinking includes knowing when your opponent is correct for once. "They say it, so I don't trust it" is not a very good argument on its own.

[@lmost]

@MattAngiono I question whether you’re _really_ doing your due diligence, or whether you’re just a paid agent shilling for a mainstream entertainment actor. You don’t appear to _me_ to be thinking critically, but then again it’s my job to question the legitimacy of the “questioners” like you.

[@rohaxfx001]

​@MattAngiono the guy is at pains to say, over and over again, that there is a lot to criticize about the mainstream media, but he just dares to say that it is not a big global msm conspiracy, which is what you seem to believe in..?

[@Data7ven]

Ya this guy is a psyop

[@thebetazone-km6xh]

so how do you feel about the late george carlin?

[@erinrenman1479]

There's a big difference between the kind of intelligent, thoughtful commentary that Carlin engaged in, and being a conspiracy-addled goofass like Brand. One of these people thought critically, the other fails to think.

[@general5503]

carlin was the greatest. Brand is not

[@willywonka7812]

That's offensive to Carlin's memory that you even mention Russell Brand in the same breath

[@lordcommandernox9197]

Carlin never adopted any conclusion based on speculation, but he did ask all the open ended questions. Governments lie to us, that does not mean they are run by reptile people.

[@thebetazone-km6xh]

as in "never ascribe to evil that which can be explained by stupidity"@@lordcommandernox9197

[@regularbloke7410]

do you know any discussion forum where people discuss antonio damasio book 'descartes error' ?

[@larkohiya]

Descartes "I think therefore I am" is not good enough at all.

[@little_flitter]

Hi, philosophy phd-er here. I can't speak directly about this book but I could point you in the direction of some other resources pertaining to Descartes if you would like? I'd highly suggest checking out philosophers such as Giles Delueze. Phenomenology also criticises descartes, though I'd also recommend looking into criticisms of phenomology.

[@regularbloke7410]

@@little_flitter thanks for reply

[@AndroidJackson]

Try the /lit board on "3+1"chan

[@thekeysman6760]

​@@larkohiyaIt only makes sense the other way around. I am; therefore I think. I reckon it was either a deliberate red herring to stop people ascending, or a bad translation.

[@nouryoussef2960]

I have no specific bias to RB but I wouldn't mind anything that he is frequently pointing to, because I would rather believe that the rich and powerful have nothing in common with us and will do their outmost to haord power and wealth for themselves. This action is practical and it's happening visibly all the time, I mean who's there to stop them really? This is plain and visible everyday, I can't believe we even argue this, no matter what RB says. And yes, these people are companies, governments and individuals, who else can?

[@9amStudio]

exactly

[@guser7137]

Yes. There are certainly two realities. The one most of us live in, then the one they live in. Theirs is one that produces nothing and is utterly negative and counter to natural law. It needs to steal from ours for sustenance. They have gone to great lengths to shift the apparatus of the state to ensure that it continues to our detriment. RB is just a public figure that is broadcasting this that many of us already know.

[@johncaccioppo1142]

The way propaganda works is to tell you something obvious with emotional force so that you will trust the person telling it to you... if you are the type of person inclined to strong loyalties, blind or otherwise. The goal of propaganda is to win enough of your loyalty to sway your opinion when the moment is right for whatever agenda is sought by the propagandists. There are many examples of this in recent history and where we should be most concerned where it threatens to destabilize the society as it has been established by rational, peace-seeking people. What if the whole plan wasn't to grab power and wealth away from the working class (given that these elites always had the upper hand) but rather to corrupt the government to such an extent that the population, desperately needing a functional government to protect them from elitist agendas, would just hand the whole thing away to anyone who promised any solution, with propaganda behind them to make it sound like the only rational option? Then reverse your bias as you reread that sentence, to implicate the opposing party's agenda, because the belief that this is about liberals and conservatives is absolute nonsense. This is about the ruling class versus everyone else. In order to have their dream about global genocide come true first they have to divide us into factions so we will do the work for them in playing their war game. That's what I see happening today, and it leads me to trust no one, expert or otherwise, who calls for revolution. The alternative is a lot of hard work bringing our world back to sanity using the existing systems of justice and teaching the basis of philosophy to every generation, since that has never been done during the last century of elitist manipulations of society. We must replace their gaslighting, economic and nationalist deceptions with our own spiritual and intellectual awakening.

[@byronfoppola8676]

RB is doing the same thing the rich do, making money off of our ignorance. Not me, because I don't believe a word out of his lying mouth, but a lot of people fall for conspiracies and garbage this dude spreads.

[@nouryoussef2960]

@@byronfoppola8676 I agree that whatever he is doing couldn't be free and it costs someone something. If it's not costing you then kudos but no one cares. But when you are alleging that his arguments are all lies as a whole then you sound unbelievable. We're all out here trying to discern the truth from the muck and you're championing yourself as an un-gottable intellectual, how fun you must be at parties lol.

[@forthrightgambitia1032]

One thing I'd add. Brand had an interview with Paxman *before* the viral one in 2013 that was less about politics and more about celebrity culture and fame (and the Andrew Sachs incident). For some reason this has been forgotten but it was this interview that set the stage for the viral 2013 one and convinced Newsnight editors he could do a 'serious' interview.

[@SorendeSelbyBowen]

@@MattAngiono If you think the world under the Tories + Republican is not different in so many substantial ways from the world under the Labour + Democrats, you're either not paying attention or stupid. Either way, I'm certainly fine with your not voting, and keeping your ignorance out of our governance.

[@michaelm.sinclair3205]

@@MattAngiono In America we believe in freedom, this freedom includes not to vote. Let people live their lives freely, what is the other option? Force ppl to vote? ha

[@dwc1964]

*The working class needs its own party.* The USA has never had one in power. We have been stuck with a capitalist duopoly since forever, the only difference being which _capitalist_ sectors & specific _capitalist_ interests & _capitalist_ ideologies are represented by each, and what kind of deal the working class can make with them. We continue to be in need of a brand-new party that can challenge both parties of the existing duopoly and either supplant one of them or force them to consolidate. There's a way to do that, but unfortunately, the only socialist organization involved in electoral politics on the national level with the capacity to do it, continues to bury its electoral activities inside the Democratic Party. There's a socialist party on the ballot in California since 1968 that is _shaped like_ a mass workers' party, but lacks only the mass workers. It has been apparent to me for a long time that the socialist org doing its thing inside the Democratic Party, and our party, are each other's missing piece; if only we could convince the former to move over to the latter, we'd be able to really shake things up. The UK has had one, and at least nominally still does - and around 2015-2017, it looked like it was getting real again. Since Starmer has effectively purged the left and made Labour a neoliberal party perhaps even more so than under Blair, those hopes appear to have been dashed. However, this has also created an opportunity: from what I understand, _all_ of the left MPs that have been stripped of the Labour whip remain immensely popular among their constituents, and could handily win re-election under a new banner and on a platform resembling the Labour manifestoes of 2015 and 2017, the basis on which they were elected in the first place. Likewise with a huge number of local councilors. And Israel's current attempt at a final solution to the Palestinian problem has created a huge rift between mass public opinion both within Labour and the electorate generally against Starmer & co's response, and vindicated the left precisely at the point where they were attacked and smeared in order to unseat them and place Starmer & crew in their place. *The iron is hot - **_strike NOW!_* The UK _cannot_ afford to allow itself to become like the USA - governed by a neoliberal duopoly.

[@dwc1964]

@@MattAngiono the only form of political activity less effective than voting, is not voting. At the same time, voting for the "lesser evil" and not voting at all are two sides of the same fundamental error: ceding the territory to the enemy. *The working class needs its own party.* And where attempts are being made to build one, those attempts require support. Don't throw away your vote - vote "third party".

[@FreshLyte]

@@SorendeSelbyBowen it's not about thinking it's the same under both it just factually is the same. Voting does nothing. But you go ahead and save the world with your little vote. By the way this snobby attitude is exactly why people are turned off by voting and politics in general.

[@franzb69]

More famous now than ever

[@suzannefarrington4143]

Something reported in the BMJ is not being hidden, lol.

[@robinrdale8318]

The WEF and the great reset seemed to be linked to black rock by ESG which seems to be seen as the fundamental block of Central bank digital currency and digital id’s.

[@xs10tl1]

Exactly. Brand pouncing on the blatant and outrageous statements gives a perception of a "win" when the actual objective is met. "At least we're not eating bugs or being forced vxd" ... while buying lab grown meat with our digital currency... But this can backfire if the facts point clearly that the counternarrative is in fact correct. And that's the huge risk in the post-msm age.

[@loganwashere24]

You forgot 5G, don’t forget what they did

[@nehriim3748]

and where do the aliens fit into this?

[@robinrdale8318]

What 5g got to do with anything apart from it does not seem to be that much quicker than 4g .

[@robinrdale8318]

@@nehriim3748every time Joe or hunter biden are in trouble they bring out an alien story

[@stefonrogers5980]

Name a major corporation that hasn’t infringed on monopoly laws

[@cowflieswest3046]

You 'go first' and that will provide support for your claim.

[@Unlucky-Dube]

@@cowflieswest3046 You stop deep throating boots and maybe someone would give you respect enough to discuss anything with you.

[@shawnwales696]

​@cowflieswest3046 The comment makes the point, you'd be hard pressed to find a corporation that could legitimately claim not to have violated anti monopoly laws.

[@twistedxvengeance]

Exactly.

[@johnyeta]

The one making the accusation has the burden to provide the proof and the examples

[@Roochaseroo]

What is the name of the guy talking in the video?

[@cuchimama420]

Lewis Waller

[@thekeysman6760]

I thought his name was Pinocchio, judging by the untruthful title.

[@rc3398x]

He is still pulling in 500K+ views/video

[@cluelessbeats]

There are a lot of conspiracy nuts out there, hungry for content

[@mattkaz9604]

So are people dancing on tiktok. Doesn't mean I want them to spoon feed me insane worldviews.

[@mrdemokrative8018]

In Sweden we have large established media avoiding certain subjects repeatedly. For years.

[@guywithalltheanswers6942]

You couldn't even imagine how insane it is in America. Yet at least we have people still fighting and trying to show the things that are not supposed to be said.

[@Cobbido]

It's owned by the W-bergs, everything in Sweden basically, hell they're even bigger than the Rschilds and Rfellers. It's a farce of a democracy with one of the most brainwashed naive populations on the planet.

[@vanivari359]

@@guywithalltheanswers6942 man, i hope, you don't mean the people i assume you mean. But lets just say: Anyone who is talking in extremes on any topic or avoids it completely, has most likely not your best interest in mind but your attention and money. There are not many black/white topics. For sure not big and complex topics like immigration, guns, gender or crime and both sides of the mainstream media have already extreme positions - for example the left claims that immigration is not a problem at all and the right claims that they are basically all criminals and r*pists and "poison the blood". Both positions are not real, they are dogmatic and anyone even more left/right is even more wrong and most likely on purpose.

[@laxave1767]

It is one thing to say that the established media have ignored topics of concern to citizens (I agree). But that is completely separate from the target of this video, which is misinformation and conspiracies propagated by people like Brand.

[@PianoGesang]

Same in Central Europe

[@mishlee6641]

What downfall? 🥴

[@tomfurstyfield]

I was worried this would be some mad conspiracy video about Russell Brand but I was pleasantly surprised

[@thekeysman6760]

What do you mean by "conspiracy video", please? Conspiring against Brand in some way? It makes no sense in relation to proper English language usage.

[@cwinchcarwash2629]

really enjoyed your conclusion section at the end

[@vassilisgonis]

A commentary for a commentary of a commentary. It would be great to have investigative journalism that goes up against the big interests rather than a man who has little to gain from all this, but rather loses.

[@ChetHanks-eh1md]

He has a lot to gain from this. It's making him rich.

[@YouAreStillNotablaze]

His career was in the gutter before he started all this. This has elevated him considerably.

[@nathanlevesque7812]

'big interests' like his big sponsors?

[@raoulduke8720]

yea everyones trying to use his name in their videos to get viewers and clout

[@brendank3578]

Great comment

[@mrtambourineman6107]

Brand does and says whatever suits him best personally that day, the same as Trump does. I used to love Brand but cant believe how stupid i was to be taken in by him at one point. I think he as greedy as the so called 'corporations' he bangs on about so much.

[@Triadistic]

Then & now should make their own investigative report about the great reset and then say what it really is and isn't , yet they talk around it by using someone like Brand to stay away from the substance; the great reset.

[@Triadistic]

If there is somewhat of a fall of Russell Brand it is because some people think he is part of the conspiracy because sometimes he diverts attention from facts and deeper analysis.

[@legalbeagle295]

People being critical of Brand because he is willing to discuss openly the obvious discrepancies in the narratives being elaborated by people wanting to fundamentally transforming society believing they are the ones open minded, yet clearly closed their minds to Brand speaking the obvious

[@223Drone]

No he isn't he's been proven to lie on multiple occasions i.e. his anti-vaccine nonsense.

[@GhostSal]

🎯

[@drdyer23]

"being elaborated by"?

[@ggk9828]

​@@GhostSaltroll alert!

[@GhostSal]

@@ggk9828 Shíll alert

[@illyriandescendant7963]

Brilliant stuff, thank you for all the hard work you put into these videos! A lot of us appreciate this!

[@everything777]

Unlike Brand, who just wildly accuses anyone and everyone of being part of some of the worst criminal schemes ever conceived of

[@dyretna681]

Ok not very long into the doc yet, but o the meaning of calling someone a conspiracy theorists, even though there has been real conspiracies there is always "Lacan's jelous husband": Jacques Lacan said that a husband who is pathologically jealous from suspecting that his wife is sleeping with other men is still to be considered as a pathological case, even though his wife is in fact cheating on him.

[@caseymckenzie4760]

To be fair I think it is safe to say that Brand and Lewis are coming from different perspectives when critiquing the "establishment". Brand assumes that power corrupts and the powerful should be critiqued vigorously with the assumption that they will abuse their power to manipulate media, science, institutions etc....and as they become more powerful they will tend toward totalitarian tactics to increase and hold on to their power. A very reasonable perspective with historical precedence to support it. Lewis apparently believes that powerful institutions should be mostly trusted and assumed to be uncorrupted agencies acting in good faith unless proven otherwise. The danger is paranoid individuals concocting wild unsubstantiated claims of corruption and conspiracy will lead to a malfunctioning society without well functioning institutions. Is that fair? Sort of a top down vs bottom up decline of civilization debate. Historically thinking, there is probably something to be said for both perspectives, however I don't think that the massive rise in conspiracy theories would be taking place in a civilization unless there was a whole lot of corruption rotting our institutions. In my humble opinion, Brand is absolutely right to point out lies and manipulations by the corporate establishment and connect dots using common sense and evidence even if the exact nature of the corruption is not known the fact that there is massive corruption is obvious. Pretending it does not exist or is not as bad as at looks only promotes more corruption and societal decay. Or maybe a totalitarian one world technocratic slave state is the utopia we are all secretly longing for. As far as I am concerned it looks like the most powerful governments, corporations, and military institutions around the world have been largely taken over by an elite criminal class of ultra wealthy gangsters who indeed want to rule the world with an iron fist. Just saying.... but that is just a theory.....or rather just my working hypothesis for now.

[@jimgaston9863]

I 100% agree with you 😊

[@jimgaston9863]

Steven crowder had 2 papers of complete jibberish per reviewed favourable resulting in offers to appear at conventions as an “EXPERT”. 😂😂😂😂. Proving the value of the per review validation as COMPLETELY USELESS 😢

[@youruler11]

It warms my heart to see so many waking up to the truth regarding those in positions of power and privilege. As you say the evidence is overwhelming, thanks to those brave whistleblowers, and if the truth be known we can no longer capitulate our collective right to live symbiotically as nature intended. Why we have allowed the powerfully connected to force their will upon the rest of us has always been my personal enquiry. Now that I finally think I understand why, I am eager to find like-minded, rational and intelligent people to discuss it with. In fact I have a viable solution I call the ROC (revolution of conscience) because that’s the catalyst, I believe, for creating a world the majority would like to live in. For me this video has proven to be synchronistic because your collective commits have reinvigorated my belief that the world is saying ‘enough is enough’. Thank you all for your comments, I appreciate them and this video too.

[@dumalucky]

Great comment by you..

[@user-xr2lv4ll6j]

Bang on comment. Fair play.

[@larzblast]

Brand hasn't fallen, and the world will be better off for that. We need more people putting a big spotlight on those who mean to do us all harm. Legacy media will never do that. The smallest story can have the biggest consequences. What is deemed to be "most important" to report on, in your eyes, is merely a tool of fear and distraction to pull the audience in line. Seems like a 5.7K likes to 2.7K dislikes ratio would suggest that KZbin's algorithm has certainly been trying to change the minds of his awakening wonders, among others, but failing. Yet another co-ordinated attempt to devalue what Russell encourages everyone to do - question everything. That has always been the core value of a rational, critical thinker but it just gets labelled as conspiracy theory, as if that is meant to discredit or discourage such critical thinkers. To that end, our creator/author here is not being intellectually honest and KZbin is attempting to take advantage of such useful creators.

[@UhtredOfBamburgh]

Russel Brand tells lies because he doesn't know the difference between real conspiracies and imaginary ones. He started falling into a pattern of believing every event that ever happens is part of the same grand conspiracy and thus he has become an ideologue which sort of makes it ironic now that he still sees himself as some enlightened guru... He actually reads mainstream articles as his main news source on his podcast, iduno if anyone noticed that. Just because he spins an opinion after it, he's not reading off mainstream headlines? That's also what the mainstream news does too

[@mabaker]

You are in a cult. BRand sucks as much as daddy Peterson.

[@thealmightyaku-4153]

It's not enough to simply "question" things - the smallest children ask questions all the time. And most of their questions are braindead and silly, and betray only that they don't even understand things well-enough to ask useful questions. It may be important to ask questions, but what is more important is _answering_ questions in detailed and useful ways. Neither Brand nor any other person who engages in conspiratorial thinking does that. I would love to teach you and others the difference, but in my experience none of you are actually interested in learning it.

[@larzblast]

@@thealmightyaku-4153 Talk to people in a condescending manner and then you wonder why your experience isn't to your liking. You are right about the importance of answering questions but you seem to ignore that: a) Initially, answers ordinarily follow on from questions b) When those accountable refuse to answer questions (Pfizer, et al), it should at least serve to make the public less trusting of them and that definitely counts for something You talk a big game about who needs educating but clearly you're the one who didn't put enough thought into your argument before you typed all those words.

[@thealmightyaku-4153]

@@larzblast If I sound condescending it's because I've been playing this game a _loooooong_ time, and I've encountered these types - _your_ type - *COUNTLESS* times. I'm very tired of people who are ignorant, stupid, and yet completely lacking in intellectual humility having their voices amplified, now moreso than ever in the Age of Social Media, and making the world a worse place for it. Answers do _not_ ordinarily follow on from from questions - at least not correct ones. First of all, sometimes there _IS_ no answer that can be found: too many pieces of the jigsaw are missing. Then of course, the first thought that automatically pops into your head when wondering about something is almost certainly not correct; and actually finding out things that _are_ correct is difficult, time-consuming, and actually a task of enormous skill - and in my experience, quite frankly, not everyone can do it. And even then, you can typically never be sure that the answer you've come to is correct, or the final answer. That's why the legal principle of "innocent until proven guilty" should be considered sacrosanct, and skepticism, especially of your own beliefs and conclusions, is the highest intellectual virtue. As such, who are you to say that Pfizer even have anything to answer for? What _hard evidence_ is there for any actual wrongdoing? Suspicion means nothing. "Refusing to answer questions" also means nothing: they're a private company, and as such, under no real obligation to reveal their internal workings to anyone, any more than you're obligated to reveal to me the layout of your living room. But more importantly, you're making the assumption that any suspicions you have - any 'questions' you're asking - are worthy of being answered, instead of (as I implied in my original comment) childish nonsense 'questions'. It's like that old Creationist 'gotcha', "If evolution is true, why are there still monkeys?" That question cannot be answered directly, because it's a useless question - you can only give a correct answer to it by denouncing and refuting its premise, because the question is based in a total misunderstanding of the actual matter it questions, and it misses the point. Are you sure your "questions" aren't like that? Because if they _are_ like that, no actual correct answer will ever actually satisfy you.

[@binnytheearthhero]

Thank you so much for making a video about this! I used to love Russell Brand. His older work on KZbin felt, to me, very anti-capitalist and collectivist. Then, he partnered with Amazon (a corporate monopoly he had critiqued) to release an Audible-only audiobook, and shortly after, his videos became more focused on conspiracies after he tapped into the right-wing audience and got millions of views. My sense of his integrity dissolved. I used to see a highly intelligent man rightly critiquing power structures… now I see a highly intelligent capitalist chasing dollars.

[@heartfullyhonest]

pure anitfa here; don't step on your own biases.

[@Rodrifuuu]

Yeah, maybe watch the video first? Not just this one but the ones he makes.

[@X862go]

You mean when he was on drugs? WTF are you even saying ?

[@heartfullyhonest]

@@X862go wtf you on about? It’s a very long time since he’s taken any drugs.

[@heartfullyhonest]

@@MattAngiono wise words. Coming from the really left myself I couldn’t agree more. I’ve always follows the principle of doing your best to understand your opponent instead of just judging them. That’s how I started to listen to people who I considered complete idiots due to manipulation we all were subjected to (the media). Typical example is Trump being edited to appear saying that drinking bleach prevents C19 complications. I watched the unedited version and immediately stopped my biases. After that I returned back to my old self which was not manipulated by the social media and mass hypnosis. And then 2020 came. That was just so plainly and painfully obvious that I didn’t require anything but downloading raw data from all official sources I could and analyzed it myself. A year later experts follows the same path and validated 99% of my conclusions. I was beyond terrified. Now I’m calm and confident again. But fully aware and awake.

[@colour1976]

A really great explination of the psychology behind conspiracies and those that tend to follow them. Well done.

[@greatscott369]

I remember the canadian trucker protests. That was the moment i watched a livestream then the news told me the complete inverse of everything i saw live. This was the moment i realised there's nothing the media can ever tell me again. It felt like the truman show when he sees behind the set.

[@AnaLucia-wy2ii]

I had the same experience exactly and it freaked me out. I watched hours and hours of livestream. Then the news reported the opposite.

[@raoulduke8720]

exactly, humanity is collectively truman, and one by one we sail to the edge of the dome of propaganda and escape to the truth of the real world

[@greatscott369]

@@AnaLucia-wy2ii during the lockdown I learned many things about media and politics but this stood out for me because I was being eye witness to their bs. I've never watched a news story the same way since.

[@DS-hh4pq]

We had anti mandate protests in Australia with 100 thousand people and the news reported a few hundred. We walked past the media and they had their cameras down...but they filmed antifa who were protesting against us and had 50 people. They don't want to show people the reality because it might wake others up.

[@tonraqkorr230]

As someone who likes to question everything i like the video, even though i do not agree 100%, i do agree on a general point of not beliving anything blindly. Stay free

[@hsk2909]

Especially not everything that the msm keeps spinning on a daily basis. Agreeing with some of the things Russell says doesn't make me a "Russellist". I'm way older than him and 2 decades ahead in time of him in analyzing this human reality. Stay free.

[@justsomenobody889]

yes, I think it's as important to question the ulterior motives behind the actions of the most powerful entities controlling our lives (particularly considering they've been caught lying over and over) as it is to question the veracity of these theories about what's really happening. I strongly suspect that the most dreadful conspiracies and corruption are those that we have no way of knowing about because the details are too deeply hidden from public view

[@str.77]

"The MSM have to sift through all with a fine comb..." If only they did...

[@realtijuana5998]

Yep, that's the point at which Mr T&N began to strain credulity. Never a fine-toothed comb; usually a meat axe wielded for editorial policy. Even half a century ago we used to give the motto of NYT as _All the news that fits, we print._

[@DeMenteMinds]

One of the best videos about Brand I've seen. Thanks for this work, I'm sure it will compel a lot of people to look at Brand for what he's really been doing as of late.

[@gb4547]

Thanks for compiling a thoughtful and balanced piece on this topic. I’m now going to read the comments 💀

[@runethorsen8423]

Balanced? Are you high?

[@s-c..]

Indeed 😵‍💫

[@JuicyTobacco]

@@MattAngiono No, you'll just get a bunch of screaming RB fans calling everything a conspiracy.

[@JuicyTobacco]

@@MattAngiono Anything that comes out of Russell Brand's mouth is going to be defended to death by his cult of personality. It's almost on the same level as Putin, crazy shit.

[@PaulLefebvre]

​@@MattAngiono In ALL CAPS.

[@miekesmit7012]

His informative podcasts and interviews are great. Supported by data and articles. His following is growing. And with others of similar views following as well. The backlash only showing the truths he is telling

[@mrjimmbo]

His reporting on bioreaesrch labs in Ukraine was the most egregious retelling of something that was absolutely known about as something hidden and shadowy. I cannot ever take him seriously and the idea he’s telling “truths” as absolute laughable.

[@ZozoOriginal]

Amen, very true, this trash channel is the proof that the backlash is starting to hurt the plebs.

[@kingo_friver]

hahaha thank you for the nice joke

[@mazklassa9338]

News events are not "spin-free"

[@stfon5]

Too many bots & establishment cheerleaders here.

[@nunyabizznez2805]

It's pretty disingenuous of you to quote numbers of deaths "with covid" as deaths "because of covid". You've clearly done enough research to know that these are not the same.

[@valerieangell7588]

Such a well thought out and measured video.I use to love Russel Brand,he was smart and funny and sexy…couldn’t get enough of him.But down the road he became increasingly shrill and paranoid in his ranting and I began to feel manipulated in a very unsexy way,and more than a little irritated by his new “persona”.Coming across like the consummate insider,while never providing that most essential bit of information,evidence.Finally I just gave up on him,he had ceased to interest me any longer.Thanks for your detailed explanation of this kind of behavior…I hadn’t bothered to actually sit down and think it through.I lost my admiration for him when he began to remind me of Tucker Carlson.

[@ayoalaniz1478]

Its funny how ppl have seen deep philosophical content here in this channel and then get triggered by a critique of a conspiracy theory advocate 😂, like didnt you learned anything from how to think properly after watching Descartes, Kant, Hume, and hegel videos?

[@MajoraWaffle]

lmfao real mfs are really going "wtf why is this left wing-leaning channel i subscribed to uploading left wing-leaning content"

[@Darth_Bateman]

@@MajoraWaffle Left-wing leaning content isn't the problem. It's when left-wing leaning content argues in pure bad faith and produces content for people who want to dunk on their political rivals instead of actually engaging in any kind of discussion to make our society better or what ideas are worth keeping.

[@MajoraWaffle]

@@Darth_Bateman i want you to *very carefully* explain to me how engaging with those that tout incredibly dangerous conspiracy theories will "make our society better" then again, you're probably not going to change my mind anyway; these. fuckers. don't. deserve. platforms.

[@Synodalian]

​@@Darth_Bateman Do you know the difference between conspiracies and institutional dysfunctions? Russell Brand literally conflates the latter under the nature of the former. You cannot get any more bad faith in assessing sociopolitical problems and then expect people to just look past that very frame of misdiagnosis.

[@tomisaacson2762]

There's plenty of ignorant people who watch those videos just to feel like they are deep, critical thinkers. Russell Brand fans are often these types of people. They learn from their cult leader.

[@arnaudgerard1971]

I'm either completely wrong; but the great reset (at the WEF) as word existed (long?) before Covid19.

[@postmodernityarmageddon]

No it just entered your mainstream then because that's when you started paying attention to it among others. People were talking about it well before covid.@@MattAngiono

[@postmodernityarmageddon]

I misunderstood your "probably" with respect to the above comment. So I thought you were saying, 'probably you are completely wrong.'@@MattAngiono

[@JelqtronZero]

the new world order is something Bush Senior talked about in the late 80's early 90's.

[@gregorteply9034]

Rich and powerful want to be richer and more powerful since the beggining of time.

[@M1ggins]

@@gregorteply9034 Exactly, nothing much has changed in the 6,000 years since the rise of Sumer.

[@AnonYmous-uw2qm]

hang on a minute ... was titled as being about the fall of Russell Brand, and new we're being lectured on what a 'conspiracy' is.

[@eoinc9511]

I warned my friends and family in the 90s about Americas wholesale digital monitoring of its population. Everyone said I was crazy and feared to even entertain the idea. Then Ed Snowden blew the whistle on it and proved me right. You’d think that those people who fearfully dismissed the idea and spoke ill of me might apologise or at least acquiesce to the reality. Nope. Revisionist thinking allowed them to conveniently “forget” that I’d been right all along. Since that time, I’ve worn the badge of “conspiracy theorist” proudly. I feel sorry for those who fear to look outside at the real world.

[@nathanlevesque7812]

I'm sure there were no other details to your claims that you've retroactively left out while proclaiming your supposed specialness.

[@serenevoice4765]

Not about specialness. It's about paying attention and having the courage to speak up. If that's what you mean abut specialness, I'd wear that label proudly as well, as I invite you to join me. @@nathanlevesque7812

[@dev-life]

@@nathanlevesque7812 touché, if you say a million random things, there is still a good chance you´ll be right at least once. Does it mean we should listen to you?

[@whitehavencpu6813]

The amount of gaslighting in the comment's replies is hilarious.

[@whitehavencpu6813]

@@MattAngiono think ur replying to the wrong person lol

[@crackheadsthemovie5201]

The fall? This video has currently 143K and is 2 weeks old. It appears beside a Russell Brand video that has 400K views after 8 hours.

[@taraosborne4559]

So true! 😂

[@Gizmo9688]

Not to mention, we don't get to see the amount of dislikes anymore.

[@TheStrayHALOMAN]

@@Gizmo9688 I have a plugin on my OperaGX that lets me see dislikes and it's almost 50/50

[@Nick-kb6jd]

Right. Brand knows what gets him views. He’ll say whatever it takes. He’s good at that.

[@thealmightyaku-4153]

"Popularity is the definition of Truth"

[@mikecavallaro466]

The video raises an important question: Is Then and Now funded by pharmaceutical corporations?

[@williammongoose3007]

why?

[@slackdee]

@@williammongoose3007 Because the guy who made it is a convid mug or promoter. 🤣

[@subs4794]

Cope. Brand lost his way again, not from drugs this time, but by throwing spaghetti at the 4th wall and following the right-wing hate-media money more often than not.

[@lwo7736]

Probably not

[@marvin2678]

Hmmm😂

[@AussieGriffin]

Yeah, this is a pretty consistent pattern with "alternative news hosts". They figure out they have a knack for spinning stories, then they pull some shady or abusive stuff. Then, before it catches up to them they poison the well for anyone that can report on what they did. A.G.

[@bobyatron7525]

There was plenty I didn't agree with but I was happy to listen until you started saying things like, the corporate media could not get away with harping on small stories "like Brand does" or construct speculative narratives and are obligated to report "based on the dominant body of evidence". It makes so much else seem disingenuous in retrospect.

[@woodyjames2913]

Exactly my thought!

[@mollymarsh2279]

I completely agree!!

[@tijsgroen]

10 points best comment here

[@murraymclean9072]

He seens like a strange bit of gear..doesn't feel like he's got a handle on things.

[@solomonrivers5639]

If you haven’t watched the Munk Debate between Malcolm Gladwell and Douglas Murray over Mainstream Media, you should. I think you would appreciate it. m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKfEl2qOhLR5fsU

[@idon.t2156]

Russel Brand asks questions. Here is a theory: dictators and ideologists do not like questions, they HATE TRUTH.

[@dontask3613]

Lmfao Russel brand literally takes money from those people, look up Leonard Leo and Peter Theil. They are billionaire psychos who want the world to burn so they can rule over the ashes, and Brand isn't even close to good as hiding his biases lol( though they aren't even his biases because he spoke his actual political ideology years ago and it's MILES different then the kind of shit he peddles now ). He'd rather take buckets of money to promote conspiracies and right wing nutjobs while promoting the same culture war issues that turn us against eachother and keep our eyes off people like Theil and Leo. Keep being led by the nose though, I find it fuckin hilarious how the group who thinks that they "know it all" and call others sheep are the ones who will literally believe straight up lies with zero proof and then when it's outted as a lie they just redirect to the next culture war bullshit. Keep seeing other americans as the enemy, because some billionares told you those "vermin leftists" are evil and terrible( you know, your family, friends, neighbors, coworkers) , I'm sure that never turned out bad before lmao.

[@OhWellWhatTheHell1]

he asks lazy questions, and talks to his audience as if they were five year olds

[@thealmightyaku-4153]

It's not enough to 'ask questions' - that's easy, but you have to know how to actually answer them in a way that's useful, and that's hard. Brand, and every other conspiracy theorist, does not know how to to do that. Instead, they go off with the simplest, yet most divorced-from-reality and reptile-brain-pleasing answer that pops into their head, and because of their unwarranted self-assurance, not only can they not be brought back to reason, but they then start denouncing everyone who tells them they might be wrong.

[@stfon5]

Too many bots & establishment cheerleaders here.

[@Ass_of_Amalek]

ideologists? what do you think that is?

[@michaeldebuque7092]

Say I'm not going to psychoanalyse someone then proceeds to psychoanalyse them

[@HeathenGeek]

What 'fall'? The guy gets more views on one vid than Newsnight gets in a week of programs!

[@StormCrownSr]

In terms of his morals, his ethics, his dignity. Take your pick.

[@TheMadmacs]

@@StormCrownSr his morals are we should be excellent to one and other, his ethics are, he should try to be fair to everybodys point of view to bring them to the table, and his dignity? you remember when he was a bit of an a-hole?

[@youngsalmon5188]

Yes I click on Russell’s vids I usually last about 2 minutes until I realise it’s his usual BS get board and view something else. I can usually make it through Newsnight. Measuring views is not a good measure of relevance😂 If I want news I don’t go to a comic!

[@TheMadmacs]

@@youngsalmon5188 yes i dont always agree with russell and i've critqued the style a few time, but if you can get through newsnight.... i kinda feel a bit sorry for you, i dont mean that as an insult please dont take it that way, its just that the msm is not on our side. it is not journalism. the fact that some people still think it is? is disheartening. and i while i agree views arent really a measure of relevance or accuracy etc etc, the lack of views are a measure. the msm died about 30 years ago, maybe more. maybe the 80s when msm took orders from thatchers government to lie about the number of miners going back to work at each mine in the country, i knew it was lies then, and it was exposed as lies quite a while ago. so, ok watch newsnight, but if its a genuine topic i guarantee it is spun for the government, and quite often the assumption it hands you (the soft sell) are the most dangerous. these guys are the goodies and these are the baddies of course, but what can we do?... as if theres no solution to a problem that is very clearly solvable, using morals logic ethic or laws. we sanction russia for ukraine and cripple the uk population with energy prices, and yet an even bigger crime is going on and we supply the goodies with supplies to enable it? we won. we wrote history. history defines the characters. and we grow up with a narrative so far away from reality its not funny. thats why we need a comedian. russell does really well at debunking the false narrative. and jon stewart was a vital voice of sanity for so long. peace is out there, but only one side has no use for peace.

[@kirielbranson4843]

@@TheMadmacsbut bringing everyone's views to the table is not a balanced view when one side is 10 out of a million. That side has no merit. Constantly questioning things based on views of not only a minority but such a small minority distorts things and makes it look like the issue is still open. I am not saying that whistleblowers haven't come forward and shown that the majority is unaware of all the facts but once a point has been made and then shown to be false it should be dropped.

[@davepubliday6410]

Advertisers should be allowed to pull out of certain content, but KZbin shouldn’t be making that decision for them. KZbin should make it easy for advertisers to avoid showing on any content they don’t like. One of the good things about this disassociation between advertisers ad content producers is that it allows production of content that would not be allowed on other media. Except for some publicly funded broadcasters, TV is not able to produce pro-consumer shows that criticize products lest they loose advertising. On youtube content can be very critical, on this and on politics and industry. If KZbin chooses who gets funded and who doesn’t based on general advertising worries, then there is no use or purpose to KZbin, it just becomes TV all over again. The medium is the message.

[@postmodernityarmageddon]

People should be allowed to make their own decisions of their own accord, but should journalists and "NGO"s be able to call these corporations and threaten them unless they do what they want. What we're seeing is coordinated and unanimous actions taken by companies at the same time and in the same manner as if they were acting as one. You're going to piss on my head and tell me it's raining.

[@precisedime1377]

Yea, this is going to / is already burning them hard. (People already hated advertisers BEFORE the Vox thing & modern youtube's draconian and selectively-enforced demonetization) One of the best surefire ways to ensure I never support any product or anything you do is to be complicit in targeted censorship.

[@jemshadow123]

The arm movements are just magical...

[@commentsarefree4311]

Wonder if he is related to Mr Accordion Hands...perhaps its the narcissism..

[@fletchlives1812]

People commenting on this video before analysing RB’s videos for themselves. Go to his channel, choose a handful that appear interesting to you and watch them. Then come back and make some comments.

[@cspace1234nz]

.....the guy is an idiot desperately trying to stay relevant, such is his insatiable need for attention. You only have to watch a few bits of a few of his nonsensical ranting videos to realise that, it's hard for anyone with reasonable intelligence to actually watch much more than a few minutes at a time anyway. But then if you are an emotionally stunted Brand-cult follower you won't want to see that.

[@mattkaz9604]

I've seen a few. They are insane.

[@fletchlives1812]

@@mattkaz9604Sure thing. The level of corruption is insane.

[@lwo7736]

I've seen loads of his videos. He's a conspiracist that starts with the conclusion then finds the evidence to support it

[@mattkaz9604]

@@fletchlives1812 Totally - Brand was a seemingly likeable comedian and talking head until something went deeply wrong with him.

[@SometimesCompitent]

What is interesting is that there are so many real conspiracies that these people don't seem interested in. I think that reveals a lot about their relationship to power and what they actually see as the enemy.

[@BigSmiley0TV]

​@@MattAngionowho is "us"? You just completely assumed that you are part of the group that was being mentioned in the comment, without complete context to who they even mean, other than definitely people who believe in false conspiracy theories and also ignore real conspiracies. If you believe that you believe in real conspiracies, than you shouldn't even consider yourself to be part of the group they are pointing their finger at, but you do, which tells me you might do well to watch the video again, and ignore the name Russell Brand, but pay attention to all of the discussions about humans and our mental traps that have us falsely connect dots to create patterns that somehow make us so important that we are prone to fall for false conspiracy theories, as you just here connected dots that made you assume you were part of a group that's main criteria, as given in the person's comment, was to ignore real conspiracies and believe false conspiracies, which I would imagine, is not a group you actually believe you are a part of, but yet even spoke up as an "us" of that group

[@marvin2678]

Which conspiracies ?

[@idontwantahandlethough]

@@MattAngiono I think the OP makes a very cromulent point: generally speaking, the people who believe in conspiracies don't tend to believe in the real, proven, legit conspiracies. The most obvious and recent example of this phenomenon regards that time a U.S. president about to leave office conspired to do a whole range of wild things. A LOT of conspiracy theories don't care about that, and a lot even have conspiracies ABOUT the conspiracy

[@TheQuixoticRambler]

​​​@@BigSmiley0TV Maybe he's just not disingenuous like you. Some of us appreciate that-in reality-the term is simply the latest smear for people who have an opinion we don't like. Usually applied by people like you, to any dissenters from prevailing establishment narratives e.g. those who merely suggested the lab leak hypothesis may be a valid option--back in 2020.

[@TheQuixoticRambler]

Well, good to know we have someone omniscient here to tell us which conspiracies are real, and, which are not 😂!

[@Picklemedia]

6.7 Million and counting.

[@KoobanHooves]

Having millions of subs doesn't make you right, it just means you're selling something popular. Cigarettes are popular but they give you lung cancer.

[@KoobanHooves]

​@@MattAngiono Rumble subs are inflated. No one is using that site. This was proven when someone investigated Crowder's Rumble channel

[@virtual-adam]

1:16:40 I feel the opposite, its far more comforting to feel the world has no conspiring evil forces and its all paranoia.

[@johnnykotletti4614]

It is far more comforting to realise that the world is bat shit crazy instead of just having a few evil forces that could be "defeated" in theory ?! ... that makes no sense.

[@davidrommm]

I feel the same way. I don’t even understand how the belief in powerful malevolent conspirators could ever be comforting. The new apocalyptic thriller on Netflix produced by Obama says the same thing at the end of the movie, that the “truth is more terrifying” and actually “no one is in control.” I think it’s true that those relentlessly usurping as much control as they can are not truly in control, but they want to be. And I think that difference in perspective might even serve as a litmus test for who would happily grant that control.

[@virtual-adam]

@@davidrommm Too many variables to ever be fully in control of everything. But I'm sure you can do a lot to nudge it in the direction you want.

[@tomasom4497]

Indeed, I would like to see this guy try to take down researchers like James Corbett and Whitney Webb. Both have in depth bodies of work, unlike Russell Brand.

[@PianoGesang]

@@tomasom4497 Brand is much more credible though.

[@couldntthinkofagoodnamesoi8357]

The irony of his content doing double the numbers that this hit piece about his falling off has humors me.

[@TomNook.]

The jist of this video is actually agreeing with Brand's raising up of multiple issues, "but Brand is a hypocrite" or "I don't like the way he worded it".

[@joelwilliams9571]

What fall?

[@teamcosmicseeds]

Exactly...click bait...Russell is doing fine waking up 🐑 sheep

[@Sanemanis21]

I think he meant rise.

[@wiplatvia6818]

he's an anti vaccer bro there's nowhere further to fall 💀

[@HazeOfWhearyWater]

KZbin demonetization, basically.

[@HazeOfWhearyWater]

@@wiplatvia6818 Is he against all vaccinations or just one in particular?

[@Theperezful]

The world is chaotic; so chaotic that our instinct to put an order on it, make sense of it, will ever be present, and it's even necessary for our survival; but simplistic ways of dealing with that chaos are never right, and we should be on guard with all the wisdom of skepticism, science and philosophy. Socrates "I only know that I know nothing" is always resonating.

[@loganlowe3731]

The world is seemingly chaotic; that doesn't mean there aren't intelligible laws in constant interaction underneath the appearances.

[@Theperezful]

@@loganlowe3731 I'd agree that, for example, science is a very good, systematic, way of finding the best patterns that explain our experience of the world. But it seems to me that the true nature of "the world as such", or reality, is still a matter of philosophical rather than a scientific debate, and in any case is not settled anywhere. I tend to think that those "intelligible laws" are a very precise kinds of ordering our experience of "the world", but more a part of human nature than that of "the world". To me science also suggests this when these "laws" also don't make sense at all in extreme scenarios (like black holes or in the quantum world), or for other forms of human experience. So, ultimately, science is just a very precise language for describing the world, but still a human language, and so I we can't know for sure whether in it's fundamental nature the world is chaotic (random) or well ordered by laws (deterministic). Phrased more simply, I tend to think like Schopenhauer, that we cannot really know the "thing-in-itself" so we don't know if that is lawbound; but maybe I'm wrong to asume that therefore the world as "the-thing-in-itself", the Will in Schopenhauer's terms, is chaotic, although I do think it is.

[@loganlowe3731]

@@Theperezful Yeah, it's fundamentally a subjective/objective-Idealism vs. Materialism debate. I'm firmly in the materialist camp and believe science to have revolutionary capacities. Have you read 'Feuerbach and The End of Classical German Philosophy' by Engels? It's relatively short, and lays out Engels/Marx's dialectical-materialist approach to history, along with competing philosophical viewpoints to it. I'd be curious to hear what your thoughts are about it.

[@Workingclassheros]

i second this

[@bigfoot8103]

How do you know that you know nothing? Wouldn't you need to know something about nothing? 😮

[@Erolore]

Thank you so much for producing such high-quality content and for analyzing our evolving political and media landscapes

[@Nick51100]

@@MattAngiono you are one sided, open both eyes.

[@jamesmeow3039]

​@@MattAngionobro Russell Brand is a nut job.

[@Erolore]

Can you provide an example?

[@Erolore]

Was it a link? If so, what to?

[@angelrojo6466]

Well said. Great video.

[@003bsgj]

Brand is as fresh and insightful as ever. He drops a clip and gets a quarter million views in 18 hours.

[@peteglanton9259]

I heard Britain sold Brand to America, for the price of a fart in a bottle. I think they were overcharged…

[@mrtambourineman6107]

More like shat him out as toxic waste, and dumped him on the USA!

[@raymonddunne7153]

Ooow I'm on the thread where all the important people are! Can I be an elitist? Please? Cuz it seems like it's pretty easy; war is peace, slavery is freedom, and ignorance is strength.

[@steeldriver1776]

I see him as a voice for the people. The questions he asks are legitimate while rich get richer, governments get bigger and more corrupt, and we’re increasingly heavily influenced by non ruling bodies (WEF).

[@TNM001]

i always wonder to what time in history you ppl are refering to. compared to history ppl have NEVER been so free. is it total freedom, without restrains and obligations? No. But would you rather go back a few generations and live in feudal servitude again? no seriously...do ppl retain nothing from history lessons in school?

[@steeldriver1776]

@@TNM001I agree with you. I don’t believe I specified a time that you’re referring to. But if I understand you correctly, here’s my answer. Yes we are as free as a people ever has been. But in the last 50 years, we’ve been introducing new problems to complicate our near and long term future. You could say we’re currently peaking in maximum freedoms, or that we’ve already peaked and are slightly decreasing. 35 trillion in debt, people can invent new genders or change on a whim (even when citing an article where they identified a 550 million year old skeleton as a woman). I was banned from LinkedIn, Facebook, Quora and many others for statements like there’s only two genders (misinformation) or copy/pasting Pfizer’s congressional testimony that the vaccine doesn’t prevent transmission (which remains true still). Government is now trying to regulate the appliances you can buy under the guise of climate change - by the way the same scientists advocate Greenland and Iceland were once ice less continents full of greenery. 20 major cities wish to ban combustion engines by 2030. Farmers are protesting the world over as the WEF says cow farts are destroying the planet and trying to ban meat. Honestly everything from property rights, free speech, gun ownership, education, economy, immigration… it’s all being attacked in some way currently. These are serious and legitimate concerns. If we handle them wrong, 2040-2100 are going to be really rough.

[@pdsnpsnldlqnop3330]

Just remember that the guy has a big house and family in Hendon. He speaks up for the poor just for clout, at heart he is as capitalist as his tally ho neighbours even if he is not blowing the horn on the hunt. He is as establishment as it gets when you think about his broadcasting work for the BBC. I regard him as a self-selected gatekeeper of the left, locking alternative politics into conspiracy story talking points. I am pleased that, for whatever reason, he has me-too-ed his way out of the limelight.

[@chloegrobler4275]

im not sure this guy is anything close to leftist. EDit: i would add that he is much closer to a jimmy dore type of liberal loon.

[@mollusc3125]

I agree with you that he’s full of it, but would point out he did start as working class, and was employed by channel 4 not the BBC.

[@bigballz4u]

I would say he uses his clout to speak for the working class, not the other way around. I resent the implication that as soon as someone gets success in the capitalist system, that they lose their right to speak about issues that are a product of that system.

[@lisbethkelly4480]

My theory is that RB is a bad actor schilling himself for the.....yes, freemason's/illuminati. My developing theory is that the FM are at the root of all conspiracy theories and that "Freemasonry" is just the modern day mask the unholy spirit wears. "Freemason" roots can be traced all the way back to Cain. Through chaos bring order? I think they have bad actors on every side imaginable, planting seeds of division, confusion and fear.🫤 That's what I think anyway. And I agree with your summation of this character.👍

[@GabrielHellborne]

I understand your argument, but I do not find it convincing. I know of plenty of moderately wealthy lefties. I thought, indeed hoped, that he might also be one. It's when he kept banging on about conspiracy this, conspiracy that, that I started to doubt him. These allegations of misconduct against him have simply soured me to him as a person, irrespective of his politics.

[@beltcro]

Just a suggestion for accuracy, I think you should remame the title to 'The Rise of Rusell Brand'... It's where i get my daily news from.

[@mattkaz9604]

You would be well served not to make Brand your primary news source.

[@beltcro]

@mattkaz9604 He saved me from injecting myself with untested, experimental, corporate lead stupidity.... one nil to rusell so far.

[@leijten]

God help us all . . .

[@beltcro]

Well he did help prevent me from injecting my self with expensive defence state concieved, corporate backed, government captured, very dangerous experimental stupidity

[@mrtambourineman6107]

Bro, it's a rise of Brand only in terms of KZbin viewing figures because he now gives out easy answers where YOU are smarter than all those pesky doctors and scientists. Of course you are taken in by it. That's the point 👉

[@jennyrudi2098]

Great video. So good to see something that does not feel like it is trying to mold my mind. I think Then & Now is my current favourite youtube channel.

[@theogleigh7314]

This entire video feels like a fever dream. Its more of an indirect dismantling of Russel Brand and what makes him so appealing, while leaving out the individuals ability to dive into the information Brand presents and discern whether or not the information is valuable. I for one, understand that Russel Brand is biased just as is everything in this world as it pertains to individualism; HOWEVER, the quality of information and the correlation of the information touched upon by Russel Brand is the information I’m after. It does help that Russel Brand is a gentle soul with wisdom built from experience and tribulations. No he is no messiah, but he is very capable of aligning his entire mental capacity with the innately good. That means something.

[@loganwashere24]

Brand pilled and brain dead

[@cosmicgregg]

I spent a few years in the conspiracy community. There were red flags right away but I was hooked. In the end it breeds fear and anger. People are angry nowadays and they really don't even know why. I liked Russell for a time, but when he started politics I saw the same red flags and was like "what are doing dude?" Clearly nowadays I have no idea about how far he's gone. This was a great video digging deep into the subject that has changed the culture. Good job mate

[@CankleCankle]

I’m angry because I don’t see Scruff McGruff commercials anymore.

[@cosmicgregg]

@@CankleCankle well at least you know why you're angry

[@jetnavigator]

You do realise that this video is doing the exact same thing, right? Right? The biased take, appealing to emotion, grifting for money, including you as one of the chosen few who "really knows what's happening". He is literally copying Brand.

[@cosmicgregg]

@@jetnavigator you do realize every KZbinr does this because it's there livelihood, right? Right? I also never stated "I know what's going on" and am chosen. I also don't think the host even hints at that line of thinking. It feels like you missed the whole point of this video

[@2FadeMusic]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@MattAngionoSeems more like you’re a fan of Brand and are upset that a channel you liked criticized someone else you liked. You didn’t lay out any actual criticisms of this video in your comment, just called him “snobby” (why? because he has an accent and uses big words? how were you a fan of this channel before then? every video is like this) and said there was a “vibe that this channel is better.” Huh? At no point does he make any mention at all of his own channel. It’s a video critiquing another channel. And none of the points of criticism he makes are things - at least i’ve ever seen him - do on this channel. So no idea what that other guy before you is talking about either. If you have actual criticisms instead of childish babble, lay them out properly.

[@agingerbeard]

EU countries for 70+ years: farmers use more fertilizer, we got mouths to feed! EU countries now: we're going to fine you for doing what we said. What's that? You can't afford to farm anymore? Let me "buy" that land from you. Definitely not a conspiracy at play there... 🤦

[@ModernSocialist]

Yes, clearly it's not just a reassessment of the dangers of fertilisers, is it? It must be a conspiracy because everything is

[@agingerbeard]

@@ModernSocialist it's not a conspiracy if I'm _literally describing what they are doing._ So... you're technically right 😜 Imagine being proud of being a Socialist 🤣😘

[@thekeysman6760]

​@@agingerbeardWell said. And it's 'buy' your land in inverted commas implying so-called because it's for pennies. Not quoting anyone with those quotation marks.

[@thekeysman6760]

​@@agingerbeardAnd no, it is still a conspiracy (a secret plot to harm and control others) even when you are talking objectively observable facts as you are. You conflate 'theory' with conspiracy. It's still a conspiracy per se. Think about it.

[@agingerbeard]

@@thekeysman6760 good thing we're not at Oxford! 😅

[@davisoneill]

Fall? Have you seen Brand's interview with Professor Norman Finkelstein? One of the greatest interviews of our times.

[@Arikayx13]

Ya know, maybe it's just natural contrarian backlash, but I'm so burnt out on these insane hyperbolic claims. The greatest interview of our times, really, really? I'm not sure about anyone else, but I immediately assume that means it's mid to weak and needs the hype to even get views. But what do I know, I haven't seen it.

[@thoughtlesskills]

Im always skeptical of people right wing media likes to have on. They rarely engage anyone who really challenges them.

[@Mopantsu]

@@thoughtlesskills falling for left vs right was your first mistake.

[@LD-tn6ff]

I just feel bad for you if this is the takeaway from that interview. You couldn't possibly be more hyperbolic.

[@TheMadmacs]

@@Arikayx13 apathy. the goal of every politician, talk rubbish till they tune out then tell them they have to pay more.

[@jaygatsby3039]

I am very surprised at just how balanced this video is, honestly. I commend you for a very well-researched video which provides a level headed and clear criticism.

[@djordjo6296]

Shitlib vibes detected

[@jaygatsby3039]

@@djordjo6296 I'm a communist. I gave him credit because the vast majority of videos do such poor research, it's worth even crediting the most liberal of takes if it's relatively well written and balanced. Be less reactionary, comrade.

[@jayfrank1913]

RB has positioned himself to attract view from both the left and the right. He mixes universal truths with outright lies and misdirection. He's a smart bloke. I wonder if he really believes everything he says? He does admit to only being an "entertainer." Russ has been an outspoken "lib" both past and present. But when he promotes the likes of Tucker Carlson, it's hard to take him seriously. So being balanced and well-researched is a characteristic of a "sh*tlib," to use your odd phrase?

[@djordjo6296]

Heil Fauci

[@djordjo6296]

@@jayfrank1913 This is shitlib gospel. Your eco chamber in action.

[@KO-bg9je]

The fall ? Tf are you talking about. He'd bigger now than ever before !