Kanye’s “Jesus is King” Marks an Inflection Point in Western Civilization

Johnathan bi
Nov 2 · 8 min read

“I thought I was the god of culture but culture was my god.”

Perplexed, I walked out of Kanye’s “Jesus is King” movie. I was perplexed not for the obvious reasons: it was a 40-minute avant-garde piece that had no clear narrative or progression, that switched abruptly between scenes featuring a mostly…

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