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Interesting, the similarities. Discuss.
Kanye West Suffers From Trumpism
Kanye West Suffers From Trumpism
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Instead, let’s consider why Kanye would go Trump. Once you get your bearings on this side of the looking glass, it’s not so hard to understand why Kanye would feel kinship—or rather, “dragon energy“—with the president. Right after West’s Trump Tower visit, in December 2016, Katy Waldman smartly explored the expansive similarities between the two men, writing:
Both men are improvisational, controversial performers with megalomaniacal dreams and a history of rebuking the “politically correct.” Both have made inflammatory nods to white supremacy, whether by inciting Twitter’s “alt-right” or wearing (however ironically) Confederate arm patches. As Amy Zimmerman at the Daily Beast points out, both have vacillated between bankruptcy and astronomical wealth; both married conspicuously sexy wives; both complain that the press is out to get them. Furthermore, both have been criticized as egomaniacal man-children even as they relish playing the misunderstood outsider.
Waldman went on to argue that both are susceptible to the allure of fascism in part thanks to their grandiose ideas about themselves and their place in the world. (It’s easy to like to fantasize about autocracy when you’re the one who’d be on top, after all.) These characteristics help explain why they both fit so neatly into the current caricature of the right, which has taken its historic beliefs in the power of the individual to an unbelievable extreme. It also is no coincidence that Kanye’s current stream-of-consciousness tweeting has oscillated between a bizarre strain of self-help advice—“Your conscience should allow a physical manifestation of your subconscious but right now most peoples conscious is too affected by other people’s thoughts”—and MAGA-esque commentary—”The thought police want to suppress freedom of thought.” When it is the individual, and the individual alone, who is responsible for pulling himself up by his bootstraps, a door swings open for hucksters who peddle faux scientific scams. In this land, the kind of hollow advice Kanye is shilling seems profound rather than empty. It’s another similarity the rapper has with Trump, whose snake-oil salesmanship explains a good deal of his ascent to the presidency.
This is a losing gambit by Kanye. The foxnews crowd has been conditioned over decades to hate black rappers.
Yeah, Kanye is a $100 million slave.
They can not believe that.I'd hardly consider his political views as a gambit. Is it that you just cant believe a black man can think for himself?This is a losing gambit by Kanye. The foxnews crowd has been conditioned over decades to hate black rappers.
Not any more.Yeah, Kanye is a $100 million slave.
Which Democrats are calling Kanye a racist? Link?A racist rapper bitching about democrat segregation and being called a racist by Democrats for doing it. Very clear.How does it do that, slackjaw?In this case it’s good because it further exposes Democrat race hypocrisy.
Really? Ask Common.Liberals rule number 645:This is a losing gambit by Kanye. The foxnews crowd has been conditioned over decades to hate black rappers.
When the first lie fails, post a second more stupid lie.
Who can’t stand it? Link?I don't agree with much if anything West has ever said but his comments have made one thing pretty clear the left can't stand it when a black person has an opinion or viewpoint they don't agree with.
Every single one that is criticizing him. Democrats believe anyone supporting Trump in any way is a racist, therefore KW is a racist to democrats. Oh, the irony.Which Democrats are calling Kanye a racist? Link?A racist rapper bitching about democrat segregation and being called a racist by Democrats for doing it. Very clear.How does it do that, slackjaw?In this case it’s good because it further exposes Democrat race hypocrisy.
You’ve yet to prove that anything you’re saying is true. Post a link of some known Democrat calling Kanye a racist.Every single one that is criticizing him. Democrats believe anyone supporting Trump in any way is a racist, therefore KW is a racist to democrats. Oh, the irony.Which Democrats are calling Kanye a racist? Link?A racist rapper bitching about democrat segregation and being called a racist by Democrats for doing it. Very clear.How does it do that, slackjaw?In this case it’s good because it further exposes Democrat race hypocrisy.
You sound like Monty Python's black knight.You’ve yet to prove that anything you’re saying is true. Post a link of some known Democrat calling Kanye a racist.Every single one that is criticizing him. Democrats believe anyone supporting Trump in any way is a racist, therefore KW is a racist to democrats. Oh, the irony.Which Democrats are calling Kanye a racist? Link?A racist rapper bitching about democrat segregation and being called a racist by Democrats for doing it. Very clear.How does it do that, slackjaw?In this case it’s good because it further exposes Democrat race hypocrisy.
