Monday, November 22, 2010

'It's time for man to become God'
ve been hung up on the idea that we live in a society were violence is supreme, and the closet thing to God is the sociopathic narcissus. But while society was focused on creating it’s own proxy God, Kayne West rose up and took over the world. Bet you weren’t expecting this little turn of events were you?

Before you start shaking your head in disgust, no this isn’t some little rant about a pop star from a delusional fan. I admit that I like a few of his songs and it’s impossible to not have heard about his egotistical antics but what actually caught my attention about him was when I heard a pod cast a few years ago about how he was the embodiment of Friedrich Nietzsche’s philosophy. He says and does what he wants without concern about what people think of him and people love him for it. Instead of people being jealous of his lack of self-restraint they admire him and worship him for it. Why?
Because the only pure thing about him is his ego. Normally the level of self-confidence that he displays would make people hate anyone but instead it only fuels his power and that is why he can be considered a proxy God.
He gives the impression that even without fans to listen to his music he would still go on completely unfazed. Which gets you thinking is that because he’s achieved immortality or would it just be the howling of an old dog. Like in anime ‘Black Lagoon’ the episode ‘Guerrillas in the jungle’ Takanaka tells the story of the man who stood preaching to people about revolution, and even after he grew old and everyone stopped listening to him he still kept on preaching because if he stopped and admitted his defeat his entire life would become a lie.

So is Kayne West really a proxy God? Or is this just a case of modernisation, move out of the way religion in this society were violence is supreme the only type of purity that can be worshiped is the pure ego. Or you can just check out the music video for his song ‘Power’ and then make your decision
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