I think we come into life with an agenda, a checkist, if you will, of things we would like to achieve, experience, and do during our time on the planet in this life.
Some of us choose to work on personal issues – the evolution of our creativity, our spirituality, our ability to nurture and be nurtured, our craft. Other people choose to be born into this time and space to usher in monumental change. To help bring about a paradigm shift.
Russel Brand may be one of the latter. After seeing him on MSNBC with Lawrence O’Donnell, and hearing that he has teamed up with Naomi Klein, another revolutionary, I intend to buy his new book, Revolution. Brand’s premise is whether we should “ditch capitalism and save the planet or ditch the planet and save capitalism.” Why? Think about this for a moment: The combined wealth of the 300 wealthiest Americans is greater than that of the poorest 85 million.
That’s a depressing – and empowering – statistic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV4LAzwykY4
I seem to recall John Lennon calling for something similar not long before getting shot by a “lone nut”. And wasn’t Gandhi bringing in something similar in India around the time of his death of a bullet from a “lone nut”.
I guess we’ll see how successful Russell is by how long he lives.
He is certainly brave and makes some good points and I deeply admire Naomi’s work.
I just hope they don’t cross paths with any “lone nuts” if their movement grows too successful.
The lone nuts are scary. I started Revolutio tonight. This guy writes well. I think he’s a genius. Anyone who excels in several fields at once, as he does, is brilliant in my book.
There is much wrong with our world and the distribution of wealth but – though I respect Brand’s gift of the gab – I reserve my opinion of him.
His gift of gab really is extraordinary.