New Statesman - Russell Brand, 10/24/13

But before we change the world,
we need to change the way we think.

Russell Brand asks: "Is utopian revolution possible?" Photo: Reuters/Cathal McNaughton

Total revolution of consciousness and our entire social, political and economic system is what interests me, but that’s not on the ballot. Is utopian revolution possible? The freethinking social architect Buckminster Fuller said humanity now faces a choice: oblivion or utopia. We’re inertly ambling towards oblivion, is utopia really an option?

The revolution of consciousness is a decision, decisions take a moment. In my mind the revolution has already begun.

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