The Next Step Of the Cancellation of Russell Brand

Breaking down the ruse

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As many of you know, Russell Brand was recently accused of rape and sexual assault stemming from encounters over a decade ago. This comes as Brand has successfully re-Branded himself (lol) from a drugged out playboy to well-known attacker of government narratives. (Brand has 6.6 million subscribers on his main YouTube page alone, with another half million on various sub-pages.)

Despite the age and anonymous nature of the already-hard-to-prove complaints, YouTube made the decision to pull Brand’s monetization. (Ironically implying that Brand and his videos are so bad that only YouTube can make money on them……)

Obviously I have no idea what really went on all those years ago, but my ears ALWAYS perk up when decades-old misconduct allegations surface at the perfect time to torpedo somebody who’s speaking against the approved narratives. It’s more than a little suspicious that these allegations appear only after Brand has gotten his life together and now sets his sights on calling out the malfeasance in government.

And although YouTube’s decision to deny Brand a living based simply on allegations is frightening and heavy-handed, it’s what comes NEXT that should worry you. In this case, the “next” came in the form of letters from the UK government to social media companies that haven’t yet demonetized Brand:

Here’s the one sent to TikTok:

And the near-identical letter sent to Rumble:

And here’s Rumble’s response, telling the UK government to pound sand:

I think it’s EXTREMELY unlikely that TikTok and Rumble were the only companies that got such a letter from the UK government. X/Twitter and Facebook almost certainly “got the memo” as well. Extensive reporting from the Twitter Files shows just how deep this censorship regime goes, and the case of Russell Brand is a PERFECT example of how it works.

First, “private companies” make decisions to ban you — likely at the behest of government in the first place — then government lackeys come in and “ask questions” about why various media companies are still allowing you to earn money on their platforms. (With the goal of getting you demonetized on those other platforms as well.)

Soon, you’re prevented from making a living (or worse), based on the fact that government doesn’t appreciate what you’re saying. This is obviously extremely unfair, considering the time and effort it takes to build up an audience in the first place. (Even worse than being banned is still being allowed on the platform but watching YouTube take all the cash.) And while right now the focus of the censors is on “big fish” such as Trump, Brand, and Matt Taibbi, sooner or later they’ll make their way down to the Screamers, as well.

Then the REAL fun starts.

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