BigHaas [he/him]
actually every pennsylvanian is like this
You don’t need to give to charity to the point you’re living in poverty, but if you can significantly improve someone else’s life without meaningful impact to your own there is a duty to do so.
The ultra rich are in the unique position that they can order the creation of systems to directly mitigate the worst excesses of capitalism. The failure to do so is what makes them mass murderers. The logic doesn’t apply to the proletariat, and under socialism I would hope no individual has that power.
Of course a normal person praising Nazism should get punched in the throat, and having bipolar has nothing to do with political views.
A rich person praising Nazism is to be expected. Accumulating wealth as a vassal of empire is inherently fascistic. The act of holding wealth is violent. Taylor Swift is a fascist too, she’s just neurotypical enough to not discuss it in interviews. Anyone surprised to find out Kanye was a Nazi just hasn’t been paying attention.
So everyone in this thread trying to say Kanye is somehow different than other rich artists are focusing on vibes instead of reality, and discriminating against Kanye for being unable to control the impressions he gives off.
I am, in no way, defending Kanye. The premise of the OP post is that we discovered something about Kanye we didn’t previously know when he went all mask off, and the OP is wondering why that didn’t result in him getting cancelled. I’m saying Kanye has been a mass murderer for multiple decades, so anyone conscientious was already not a Kanye fan, so the premise of the OP post was ridiculous. The only reason it was about Kanye and not “When will Swift get cancelled for failing to use her immense wealth to mitigate child hunger” is because Kanye has bipolar disorder.
Kanye apologizing while holding onto his wealth would obviously be an entirely empty gesture. Until we , y’all just have to accept 90% of pop culture is made by fascists.
Rich person + mania = crazy fascist shit. Cancelling Kanye without also cancelling every rich person would be ableist.