I gained a lot of respect watching Kanye's full interview with TMZ that presumably occurred recently. Kanye asserts we are all mentally in prison which I think is very observant, and how he asserted all people are hurt by our current prison system. He discusses how people currently choose to be slaves to our current status quo.
During the event a bystander at the interview, possibly someone who works in the office and challenges Kanye's ideas and Kanye walks up and hugs him. Kanye doesn't lecture him and in the spirit of Martin Luther King emphasizes love. Though Kanye didn't seem to well verbalize his view of pragmatism, but it seemed that Kanye was proposing a new kind of politics of no longer othering and dehumanizing those we disagree with and finally engaging in meaningful discussion about ideas.
At some point it seems Kanye compared himself to artists like John Lennon and Tupac who were assassinated, though I never was super fan of his music--though it all sounds fine, I really found his ideas in this interview to be more powerful in the right direction than I have seen from Lennon or Tupac, though I haven't investigated any of them that much. As Thoreau asserted though many attack the branches of evil very few attack the roots.
Kanye also discussed his opiate use and how we need to emphasize love and tolerance. I really hope Kanye keeps talking about the importance of free speech and free exchange of ideas and taking on those who try to intimidate everyone against speaking their minds. Kanye's ideas in this interview were very in the line of Martin Luther King Jr. who emphasized the importance of love as the key to ultimate reality in his last speech to SCLC, 8 months before his assassination at (49 minutes and 20 seconds in the youtube video above). I hope Kanye keeps pushing the envelope and standing up for civil society and free exchange of ideas.
I admire Kanye for having the courage to speak out. He's going to gain lots of haters, but I think lots of admirers as well. Love your posts!
Thanks, glad you are enjoying them, I hope the weekend finished well for you!!
Yeezy is preaching love & telling people to focus on classism over racism. Mainstream media says focus on race dammit!
Yep, I think he makes some good points, too bad the media won't have him on to talk like this, only TMZ, i doubt CNN wouldnt cut this kind of independent thought on its misinformation apparatus
Love should be the basics for every part of our life. And i am agree with the theme- we are mentally in prisoned. Yet we do not know about that. We don't know how we are being kept in dark. Good to see, someone is talking against the system.
I agree, Dr. King discussed the importance of love as well.
Best of luck, to the lovers around the world. :)
yes sir, love is important, hopefully someday it will win and eviscerate all the ugliness of our world, or as much as can be alleviated by love
How many of you actually watched @kanyewest entire interview with @TMZ and heard Kanye explain out of his own mouth that he meant mental slavery and not real slavery.
The blind will be blind.
yep I watched it I thought it was pretty good, very sad how unfree Murcans are
Clearly the Democratic spinsters are at it again. It was obvious he was referring to mental slavery.
Emancipate yourself from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds."
I concur, controlling the narrative is important to obscuring reality and continuing arbitrary corrupt systems.
Yess absolutely, I can't believe how it hasn't been clarified by now and all these celebrities area reacting to thinking he meant african american slavery. Kanye & Meek Mill have potential to do something very special right now!
Kinda like Kanye now as well..not for his music but for his red pilling. Resteemed and upvoted!
I think this is confusing for blacks and minorities in general.
I agree not a big fan of his music but his ideas in this video are important for ending the madness.
I'm so glad to hear Kanye speaking up about this.
Yep, I thought it was great as well, hopefully he keep it up!!
As a conservative. For some reason I am very hesitant to celebrate this. Feels like predictive programming.
Yea not sure, but I think it is important for the elites to offer alternative theories of our reality than the mainstream military industrial complex news wants.
what i like about him is that he is open minded and care much what you say as long as it te right thing to do and that is a good thing,
yep seems like he is a good guy and cares about impacting the world in a positive direction
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thanks for all the support bud!!
I don't like people who are pointing fingers. Reminds me of a man who lived half a century ago
Yep, seems like lots of people triyng to point fingers at Kanye and try to make him conform to their madness
Love, Love, Love the old Friedman clip. I too applaud Kanye.
Yea Friedman is dope, big fan of his ideas!!
Love is a bullshit term. I would fully support being compassionate, empathetic, warm, tolerant and open. But love is something that is not part of the equation in this context.
Some good points, I think Dr. King talks constructs love in some important ways in his speech
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thanks glad you liked it, recommend making more meaningful comment though,
He has always been very openminded and loving. He started out as an artist that way. Right now what I believe he is trying to do could be legendary, but unfortunately sometimes the way he expresses it confuses some and also his delivery isn't the greatest. He wasn't talking about african american slavery, he was talking about mental slavery and the system in which controls it.