Ego and vanity; brain food for aspiring politicians
Why...
Do we take seriously aspiring politicians with self-delusion as to the breadth of their appeal? It’s the same question as to why do actors, writers and rock stars who are successful in one endeavour think that qualifies them for another? I don’t ask Dr. Ruth about which classic car to invest in or Stephen Hawking’s advice on writing a silly blog, so why the hell does an actress know more about diet than a dietician, a casino owner know about politics or a rock star about distribution of tax? The answer is pure ego mixed with an unhealthy dollop of sycophancy all wrapped up in the press. If the entourage around these people say “Wow you’re a genius!” They start to believe it and all drink the poisoned Kool-Aid.
Kayne West is a successful and talented rapper and producer. Despite his avowed distaste of the paparazzi and press maybe this week’s announcement he intends to run for the Presidency in 2020 was the ultimate trump card of getting news coverage at the MTV Music Awards? I mean he cannot be that self- delusional, can he?
He might like to reflect that to win any election it’s not your core acolytes you need to win over but all the rest.
Clearly he has sung out lyrics that are not exactly election friendly.
“F*ck you and your corporations, ” may well please the rapper masses but is a tad hypocritical from a man who makes his millions from corporations and is not ashamed to spend it on corporations be they Gucci, Bentley or Louis Vuiton. Referring to the mother of his child as “my perfect bitch” might not endear him to female voters. So industry and women offended in just two examples but his ego and those around him tell him to run for the highest office in the land. He has about as much chance of getting a meaningful vote as me finding a tap dancing oyster.…but again maybe that was not the point of his MTV announcement.
Bluster and ego are intoxicating but your talent has to extend beyond populist spouting. I suspect if we all took a walk through Kayne West’s deepest political thought we wouldn’t get our feet wet. Same with Russel Brand, an extremely clever man who enjoys fooling those less intelligent, at the same time as decrying anyone who can see though him. I dunno, maybe he’s just having a laugh at our expense. I wonder what his ex-wife Katie Perry might say?