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Moneybagg Yo Drops $20,000 On Memphis Program To Help Teen Parents Graduate

The melodic trap artist delivers the goods, but is that a good thing?

By Skyler SaundersPublished about a month ago Updated about a month ago 3 min read

Donating is great. For MoneyBagg Yo this meant handing out turkeys, toys, and scholarships to young teens, especially mothers.

All of this activity is all well and good and Moneybagg Yo even remarked that it made him feel “good.” But what about true unselfishness, selflessness, and altruism? Philosopher lImmanuel Kant once observed that this is still improper.

To reap even the slightest bit of joy or satisfaction from giving is still not enough to be truly against the selfish ideals held by the individual.

Moneybagg has stated he wanted to help young parents who are like what his mother had lived through when raising him. This is an abomination in Kant’s view. Just to consider one’s own concerns and values is a “vicious” display of self-interest.

In reality, to trade a value for a value is of the highest order, either spiritual, material, or both. What Kant wants to do is throttle the individual and transform him into a sacrificial beast.

When celebrities like Moneybagg initiate charitable actions, they often say, “this isn’t for me” or “this all for others.” This is just the appetizer to Kant’s disturbing main course.

His philosophy seeks to shackle the mind and distort reality so much that it makes a mockery of the lives of those who genuinely offer money, time, food or other values.

His commitment to creating a better world for himself and those he cares about is in complete opposition to Kant. The rapper has generated enough money to give away goodies. This action would’ve made Kant fume.

Because of the culture in which we live that tip toes around altruism, we can only say that we’re doomed if we don’t adopt a climate of reason, individualism, and capitalism.

For Moneybagg to be concerned with people who actually deserve this treatment, it would be an affront to the critic of “Pure Reason.”

His willingness to inject funds into the projects he wishes to see flourish makes him an almost rational, semi-selfish, quasi-capitalist. His battle is not with those who show these traits but with the intellectual leeches who latch onto people who may not have ever considered their donations to be selfish expressions.

The amount of energy and passion that Moneybagg pours into his initiatives demonstrates how ready he is to help others.

Kant would be doing cartwheels in his coffin if he knew that Moneybagg used his time and money to support others only to consider himself, this would infuriate him.

Kant totally disavowed the notion of the individual. The very thought of the self being sovereign enraged him. If he weren’t so dedicated to the page, he would’ve been history’s preeminent serial killer.

With various ways Moneybagg could’ve used his funds, he chose to trade, not “give back.” Kant would almost certainly enjoy knowing this is a concept. When someone offers something to someone who deserves it, there’s an exchange of values involved.

Such is the functioning of a rational brain. This makes for no victimhood. What this created is a win-win situation for both or all parties.

The expectation is for Moneybagg Yo to be humble, meek and modest in the world but gruff, arrogant, and even malevolent on the mic.

This stands in sharp contrast to his way of doing business. What should permit him the power to go forth from this day onwards is the shield of reason and the spear of individualism.

Every person who has the ability to make their lives better and those who might provide for that life ought to remember there is no other life. It ought to be enjoyed, even if that means making a selfish donation.

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