Again, this sounds like an earth shattering revelation to you! You're clearly a millennial or Gen Z. Nigga, I saw black people get abused economically in real time in the 80s down in Richmond County, GA. Kanye is only impressing the ignorant. There's no new information here. Period. You need to catch up!
You're thinking too small, it's not about just Kanye: it's about the macro not the micro. You are so full of yourself, you can't see how real-time activities can offer lessons; but yeah....you know everything.
I don't know everything. But I did take both macro and micro economics at UGA. We're just in two different chapters in life, brother. All this economic stuff you're talking about I've already learned. Look at it this way: Usually if people pay attention, they have much more wisdom and experience than the people that came behind them. I think Kanye is mid 40s. I'm 52 and I've definitely paid attention. There's nothing about the subject of economic oppression Kanye can teach me. So yes, I can focus on his anti black ravings because nothing else he says resonates.
I keep on saying this is not just about Kanye, plug any Black billionaire in and if he or she says the wrong thing then their avenues to create capital can be cut-off; that's the more salient issue. & that's the major problem
I agree. Its definitely an issue black people need to address. But before we can mount a credible offense/defense we MUST purge our ranks of those that are trying to undermine us. There's no place in the black struggle for Kanye West. His statements about black people will not be ignored. He's a traitor and has to go! There's no reason black people can't deal with both issues at the same time. Fight economic oppression and excommunicate all turncoats. The difference between you and I is that I can chew bubble gum and walk at the same time. It seems you're willing to accept fuckery if it helps with the greater good.
Agreed. That fool was always a paper tiger.
I don't co-sign or agree with what Kanye said, he definitely has anti-Black talking points. That being said, I see him as symbolic of a Black person who happened to be billionaire without structural powerful relationships; he was basically at the mercy of White folks/Jews at every turn. & when those powerful non-Black people were done with him, he's now a millionaire. Everything was precarious, he thought his money was more important than those relationships & it wasn't. It shows us even when you own something, your networking and business relationships must be on-point. When he bossed up, he realized he was on an island by himself. I think the key is to build Black structural networks who have power & creating those powerful relationships within the Black community so we can greenlight projects and so we can reject people who disrespect us.
No one is trying to teach you anything, bruh. These are different conditions than the mayor of a city; I'm talking about raw economic power that can control societal structures. Not a mayor who can be a pawn in the game.Ok, that all makes sense. My point is that you've just outlined a scaled up version of what happened to Ed McIntyre back in 1981.
I learned a lesson about white and black power that day. Even though Ed was black and first black Mayor of Augusta, GA the black community realized he wasn't for us and had to go even as the white power structure was tearing him down. Two objectives at the same time. See how easy that is? Maybe you CAN chew bubble gum and walk at the same time. Just try to remember us old heads have most likely been there and done that. We don't need to be taught again.Ed McIntyre - Wikipedia
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Different levels of the same game. Kanye is just as much a black pawn as Ed McIntyre. He ingratiated himself with white resources and when it went bad they flexed their muscle to reduce him. That's all there is to it. You've already stated the lesson here: Black people need their own economic muscle to avoid this in the future. We can still benefit from the lesson without making martyrs out of turncoats.
I just know this Kanye situation is making a lot of Black folks wake up, & that's a good thing.
Kanye loving dumbasses started a GoFundMe page to make him be a billionaire again.
Kanye West Fans Launch GoFundMe to Help Him Become a Billionaire Again
Die-hard fans of the artist formerly known as Kanye West have started GoFundMe pages in an effort to assist him in reclaiming his billionaire status.amp.www.complex.com
Same here.
Heat your house while burn others down..no thanks
One of the tenants of modern capitalism is free markets, so controlling it is kind of a no no. Not that it isn't done, its just that its greatly frowned upon.
You're right on all this, and I also appreciate the guardrails. In my opinion the real problem is the wealthy being able to bend and reshape the guardrails for the industries they participate in. Its got to the point that the regulators/guardrails are executives that come directly out of the industry they regulate with plans to return to it after they've done their term with the regulatory agency. Its like having company lobbyist leading the meeting on how to protect consumers and the environment from huge abusive corporations when they'll be going directly back to those huge abusive corps for a higher salary and more stock options.
In all seriousness I don't see how this country can go on like this for much longer. Something has to give. The drive for profits has got us all racing toward a major environmental collapse. That will result in an economic catastrophe that will make the great depression look like a walk in the park. I know that's pessimistic af, but I really believe it could happen at just about any time.
It could happen. But the big corps own the government and aren't likely to greenlight new government tax funded institutions training upstarts to compete against them. As you've said they simply co-op or crush any genuine innovation that has a chance in the market and maximize profits from it, or just put it on a shelf and keep selling their legacy products. There is no shortage of good ideas of how to change things for the better. There's just no political will due to the people with real big money wanting the status quo to remain in place because they're getting rich from it.
