Russell Brand Has Gone From Super Progressive To Joining Don Jr. And Other MAGA Heads On Rumble After Being Censored On YouTube
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The comic got mad after YouTube dropped a video featuring misinformation he himself admitted was a mistake on his part.
  • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    I know next to nothing about him

    Serious question - was he always secretly right-wing or did something happen in his life to break his brain?

    Edit - I just assumed he was (now) right-wing. I'm too American for my own good.

    • DigimonOtis [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      If he wasn't famous he'd be one of those incredibly annoying Twitter accounts that calls themselves post-left anarcho-egoist and posts about how you can't let the state counter the pandemic or something stupidly idealist.

    • Rojo27 [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I never really watched a ton of his stuff, but he seemed (or maybe still seems?) to at best be a socdem that had their brain broken by COVID and policy surrounding it.

    • Horsepaste [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      I knew Russel through mutual friends when he was still in his party phase. He wasn’t right-wing then, but the guy unfortunately has no theory and was all contrarianism / counter culture. He didn’t stand a chance once he met people like Dore.

      I’m glad Russel is sober, but holy shit success in hollywood only made all his character flaws worse.

      Edit: Brand is still not right wing I guess? No idea, to be honest.

      • Awoo [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        He's not right wing now.

        He IS contrarian and counter-culture, but I've not seen any of that on the cultural issues, the guy is a leftist that swims through the brainwormed reactionary common folk like a fish in the sea.

        • Horsepaste [they/them]
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          2 years ago

          That’s good then, haven’t seen him since he made it big in LA. Hope he somehow keeps that up.

      • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        success in hollywood only made all his character flaws worse.

        There's a quote by somebody that goes "Hollywood is a trip down a sewer in a glass-bottom boat."

        • Horsepaste [they/them]
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          2 years ago

          Yeah. Fame takes whatever you are and amplifies it. If you don’t go in with a good support system… you’re going to get messy.

    • Link
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      4 months ago

      deleted by creator

      • UlyssesT
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        2 months ago

        deleted by creator

        • innocentlurker [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          Yeah, this. The money has always been in content that frightens and worries and presents imminent danger to a consumer. "If it bleeds, it ledes"

      • Horsepaste [they/them]
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        2 years ago

        He didn’t used to be. He’s in Jimmy Dore’s orbit now though and that guy is crypto-fash

        • TankieTanuki [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          Is the :wtyp: podcast in pewdiepie's orbit because they're both on youtube dot com?

          • CyberSyndicalist [none/use name]
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            2 years ago

            The youtube audience is everyone, the audience of rumble is chuds who think youtube chuds aren't racist enough