Understands that current social welfare and safety net is weak and punitive:
"To the victims of welfare feel we livin' in Hell here, hell yeah (Jesus walks for them)"
Fix the housing crisis, by decommodifing rented accommodation:
gq.com.au/lifestyle/art-design/kanye-west-gives-a-first-look-at-his-affordable-yeezy-shelters/news-story/cececcf549563c68d248faadecdb208e
Class-based a***ysis is: atlantablackstar.com/2015/03/03/yet-kanye-west-insists-classicism-not-racism-core-americas-problems
"Classism is the new racism"
"The class war is one of the reasons why Trump won"
Prison reform:
"13th amendment gotta end it that's on me"
"The system broken, the school’s closed, the prison’s open"
"Face it, Jerome get more time than Brandon"
Police reform:
"I say f--- the police, that's how I treat 'em/ We buy our way out of jail, but we can't buy freedom"
"And I basically know now, we get racially profiled/ Cuffed up and hosed down, pimped up and ho'd down"
Woke on deep state plots:
I treat the cash the way the government treats AIDS/ I won’t be satisfied till all my n---as get it/ Get it
Radical heritage, parents were Black panthers:
bustle.com/articles/147197-who-is-kanye-wests-dad-just-like-his-son-hes-had-quite-a-range-of-careers
Tweeted about how sharing ideas is more important than selling them, about how supporters of capitalism slave away their lives instead of enjoying it: preview.redd.it/myikvkb8b7s01.jpg?width=960&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=7feff3ca604cea7d4aa48e3a34272eb0816e9b0d
Against foreign wars and American empire:
“Been a don, praying for the families lost in the storm / Bring our troops back from Iraq, keep our troops out of Iran”.
Education reform, higher teacher pay and reducing the cost of education:
billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/6875485/kanye-west-twitter-lower-textbook-prices-education
Tax reform(Ending porky tax dodging)
"Mitt Romney don't pay no tax/ Mitt Romney don't pay no tax"
Anti-Free trade:
“We have to bring jobs into America, because our best export is entertainment and ideas, but when we make everything in China and not in America, then we’re cheating on our country.”
Building factory in Wyoming instead of using sweat shops abroad: dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7890975/Kanye-Wests-Yeezys-HQ-Wyoming-save-15M-taxes-hurt-sweatshop-workers-Asia.html
Against 3rd world exploitation:
"See, a part of me saying keep shinin'/ How, when I know what a blood diamond is?/ Though it's thousands of miles away/ Sierra Leone connects to what we go through today"
$15 an hour:
"Before you ask me to go get a job today/ Can I at least get a raise of the minimum wage"
Unlike even supposed socialists Bernie or AOC , Kanye will openly attack Obama's failed presidency: "Obama was in office for eight years and nothing in Chicago changed."
nme.com/news/music/kanye-west-criticises-obamas-presidency-2303669
ive been wanting a thread like this for awhile to look back at some of his more political quotes. thank you
Yea he’s more left than Biden and significantly less system
But if he’s running third party he’s not a left choice he’s a far right choice because voting for him is throwing away a vote that would otherwise go against trump
Yea he’s more left than Biden and significantly less system
But if he’s running third party he’s not a left choice he’s a far right choice because voting for him is throwing away a vote that would otherwise go against trump
A VOTE FOR YE IS A VOTE FOR YE
A VOTE FOR YE IS A VOTE FOR YE
It’s a throw away vote bro
Like you can feel like you made the moral choice but the American political system is designed to let third parties have a chance
damn right op. I’m voting for kanye on principal alone
Birthday Party out now
It’s a throw away vote bro
Like you can feel like you made the moral choice but the American political system is designed to let third parties have a chance
It’s really not tbh no third party is ever going to win in this climate
It’s really not tbh no third party is ever going to win in this climate
Whoops I meant designed to NOT let third parties have a chance
Whoops I meant designed to NOT let third parties have a chance
I wish it was cause we need to get these two f***ing parties out of here
Honestly all i really want is a president who cares about the people over profit
I wish it was cause we need to get these two f***ing parties out of here
Honestly all i really want is a president who cares about the people over profit
Yup
Idk if it ever truly will change considering all the people in power belong to those two parties
Yup
Idk if it ever truly will change considering all the people in power belong to those two parties
I wanted to vote for Bernie so bad cause I think he’s the closest we’ve had to someone who actually cares about the people since maybe JFK (from what I’ve read he could be ducked up too) but I don’t trust any of these rich mfs who only care for profit and are on record doing terrible things
now i know you muppets don’t know what you’re talking about
Kanye is the leftist accelerationist choice*
Understands that current social welfare and safety net is weak and punitive:
"To the victims of welfare feel we livin' in Hell here, hell yeah (Jesus walks for them)"
Mutual aid:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-8137337/Kanye-West-joins-growing-list-concerned-high-profile-citizens-donating-charities-amid-pandemic.html
Fix the housing crisis, by decommodifing rented accommodation:
https://www.gq.com.au/lifestyle/art-design/kanye-west-gives-a-first-look-at-his-affordable-yeezy-shelters/news-story/cececcf549563c68d248faadecdb208e
Class-based a***ysis is: https://atlantablackstar.com/2015/03/03/yet-kanye-west-insists-classicism-not-racism-core-americas-problems/
"Classism is the new racism"
"The class war is one of the reasons why Trump won"
Prison reform:
"13th amendment gotta end it that's on me"
"The system broken, the school’s closed, the prison’s open"
"Face it, Jerome get more time than Brandon"
Police reform:
"I say f--- the police, that's how I treat 'em/ We buy our way out of jail, but we can't buy freedom"
"And I basically know now, we get racially profiled/ Cuffed up and hosed down, pimped up and ho'd down"
Woke on deep state plots:
I treat the cash the way the government treats AIDS/ I won’t be satisfied till all my n---as get it/ Get it
Radical heritage, parents were Black panthers:
https://www.bustle.com/articles/147197-who-is-kanye-wests-dad-just-like-his-son-hes-had-quite-a-range-of-careers
Tweeted about how sharing ideas is more important than selling them, about how supporters of capitalism slave away their lives instead of enjoying it: https://preview.redd.it/myikvkb8b7s01.jpg?width=960&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=7feff3ca604cea7d4aa48e3a34272eb0816e9b0d
Against foreign wars and American empire:
“Been a don, praying for the families lost in the storm / Bring our troops back from Iraq, keep our troops out of Iran”.
Education reform, higher teacher pay and reducing the cost of education:
https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/6875485/kanye-west-twitter-lower-textbook-prices-education
Tax reform(Ending porky tax dodging)
"Mitt Romney don't pay no tax/ Mitt Romney don't pay no tax"
Anti-Free trade:
“We have to bring jobs into America, because our best export is entertainment and ideas, but when we make everything in China and not in America, then we’re cheating on our country.”
Building factory in Wyoming instead of using sweat shops abroad: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7890975/Kanye-Wests-Yeezys-HQ-Wyoming-save-15M-taxes-hurt-sweatshop-workers-Asia.html
Against 3rd world exploitation:
"See, a part of me saying keep shinin'/ How, when I know what a blood diamond is?/ Though it's thousands of miles away/ Sierra Leone connects to what we go through today"
$15 an hour:
"Before you ask me to go get a job today/ Can I at least get a raise of the minimum wage"
Unlike even supposed socialists Bernie or AOC , Kanye will openly attack Obama's failed presidency: "Obama was in office for eight years and nothing in Chicago changed."
https://www.nme.com/news/music/kanye-west-criticises-obamas-presidency-2303669
this aged like f***ing milk