Interesting meeting a couple weeks back Kanye West at the White House. Kanye is definitely an interesting person. He speaks thoughtfully and authoritatively and should be listened to.
Kanye West is definitely an exceptional. Everything Kanye chooses to focus on he greatly succeeds at. Kanye focused on music and produced numerous #1 hits and albums.
Then Kanye was interested in clothing and shoes. The result was sold out Yeezy sneakers selling for around $1,000. unheard of popularity and prices for sneakers and Kanye did it.
So everything, or at least a number of public things, Kanye gets serious about, he ends up on top. Given his proven track record, when West speaks it is wise to listen carefully. If Kanye says he is interested in something or may move into some area, then history proves he can succeed and dominate.
Which brings it to politics. If Kanye says he is interested in being elected President in 2024 I would take him at his word and take it seriously. As an exceptional, if Kanye focuses deeply on becoming President then he has the ability to make it happen.
Consider it in terms of probability. Kanye today in 2018 is more likely to become President in 2024, than Donald Trump was in 2015 to become President in 2016. And Trump achieved it. It can be done as Trump demonstrated, and Kanye could also do it.
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About the 13th amendment. Kanye's thoughts on the 13th amendment are interesting. How often does anyone think about or discuss the 13th amendment. It's a good exercise to think about.
Kanye is basically right. The 13th amendment is no longer needed and thus should be abolished. Think about it this way. What would be the effect if it was repealed? The answer is no effect. Thus it should be repealed as its original purpose is served and continued existence has no effect. Also it could later be applied in detrimental ways that were not the original intent.
It's not the 13th got rid of slavery, or keeps slavery from returning. There are strong conventions now and there is no way any state would want to, or be able to, restore slavery. The notion is nonsensical thus there is no need for a law against something that would never happen.
Any modern nation and states within would never allow persons to be bought or sold, forced servitude, used as collateral or security on debts, etc. These contracts or arrangements would be void and unenforceable under convention and in law. So again it's not the 13th that is holding back those with bad intentions.
A problem with old obsolete law staying around is that it may be later repurposed in a way that was not intended. We see this today with the 14th amendment and birth citizenship. Today it is accepted, although recently rhetorically challenged by Trump, that persons born on US soil are considered US citizens, regardless of the status or lack thereof of the child's parents. So a foreign tourist visiting the United States, or someone who snuck across the border into the US and resides illegally, who gives birth in America; that child is a first-class US citizen with passport, SSN number, etc.
This is because of the 14th amendment that the child born in America is considered an American regardless of the status of the parents. Now in the history, the intent of the 14th was to settle any citizenship/status questions around freed former slaves. The 14th established the former slaves as proper American citizens. So it worked well for that.
It was never the intent of the 14th that foreign citizens who give birth on United States soil, that those children of foreigners would be hoisted up to US citizen solely because their mother arranged to give birth in the United States. Yet that has long been an accepted result of the 14th outliving its original purpose and being applied in novel or unexpected ways later on.
