QuickDraw: *free comics for YOU!* » PIL http://www.quickdraw.me QuickDraw: *free comics for YOU!* Sat, 18 Feb 2023 09:53:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 Why Punk Won’t Save Us [Part Two] http://www.quickdraw.me/2847 http://www.quickdraw.me/2847#comments Fri, 24 Oct 2014 11:25:57 +0000 http://www.quickdraw.me/?p=2847 You may be a fan of somebody, but that doesn't make you their *constituent*.

Punk culture alone won't save us. And celebrities have a vested interest in a system that keeps them... prosperous. http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/oct/11/russell-brand-revolution-alienation-despair http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/15/johnny-rotten-lydon-russell-brand-revolution-vote http://youtu.be/EX6_BXKtcV8?t=4m52s I've said it before, too. http://www.qdcomic.com/blog/1996/01/why-punk-wont-save-us.html Additional critique plus links to people actually doing stuff: http://youngist.org/the-revolution-will-not-be-russell-brand-ed/ Book Review: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/11/02/russell-brand-s-revolution-for-morons.html Snark: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/parklife-emerges-as-the-internets-favourite-way-to-mock-russell-brand-9838182.html]]>

You may be a fan of somebody, but that doesn't make you their *constituent*.

Punk culture alone won't save us. And celebrities have a vested interest in a system that keeps them... prosperous.

http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/oct/11/russell-brand-revolution-alienation-despair
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/15/johnny-rotten-lydon-russell-brand-revolution-vote
http://youtu.be/EX6_BXKtcV8?t=4m52s

I've said it before, too.
http://www.qdcomic.com/blog/1996/01/why-punk-wont-save-us.html

Additional critique plus links to people actually doing stuff:
http://youngist.org/the-revolution-will-not-be-russell-brand-ed/

Book Review: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/11/02/russell-brand-s-revolution-for-morons.html

Snark: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/parklife-emerges-as-the-internets-favourite-way-to-mock-russell-brand-9838182.html

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