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It goes without saying that Kanye West is a guy who thinks incredibly highly of himself. On the flip side, as evidenced by his February interview with Zane Lowe, he thinks equally highly of human potential. It's like he sees himself as an avatar of what humanity should be; he wants everyone in the universe to have as large an ego as he does. "I didn't come here to be liked," he said to Lowe, "I came here to make a difference." In that same interview, he says that he wants Miucca Prada to design uniforms for America's youth. He says he wants to get Elon Musk and Obama together and send them to China. He says he wants to eliminate the class system in America. He says a lot of things, many of them well-meaning, many of them more than a little outlandish and much easier said than done. "And I'm not saying I have answers," he told Lowe later on, "I'm just saying these are my current opinions."
The unifying theme of Kanye West's career might be expressing these big, populist ideas that resonate with people. In this way, he's sort of the left-wing, non-evil version of Donald Trump. As UVA historian Brian Balogh told our own Mike Pearl when discussing the possibility of Trump becoming President, "I think Donald Trump… reminds us that there is a solid percentage of Americans out there who feel utterly ignored and neglected by the candidates that both parties have put forward." Given that Donald Trump is currently leading the Republican Presidential candidate and a teen running as Deez Nuts was polling at nine percent in North Carolina, the idea of Kanye West very quickly morphing from a novelty candidate to serious Presidential contender in 2020 isn't totally out of the question.On Noisey: The Kanye West Guide to Life
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