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0 pointsmort963y ago0 comments

It's not just evident to a lot of people; he has claimed it himself, and it's basically confirmed. Here's the relevant part of his Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanye_West#Mental_health

There's a lot of stuff there, among other things:

> West said that he often has suicidal ideation. In a 2019 interview with David Letterman, West stated that he has bipolar disorder.

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themitigating3y ago

Brittney Spears, who hasn't made any public racists remarks (at least that I know) lost control

dragontamer3y ago

And in that case, it seemed like her holding company was abusing her.

So invoking power-of-attorney over someone isn't always the solution to their mental health. Its an extreme move, and I'm really not sure if its designed to be used in the typical mental-health case.

Its not like the mentally ill are suddenly incapable of performing useful work, or unable to watch over themselves. They just have... delusions, bad memory, swings of mood, terrible sleeping habits, etc. etc. They need help, not someone walking in and stealing their money / taking their house / losing all sense of agency all together.

Mental health is... difficult, but livable. Extreme actions like invoking power-of-attorney probably makes things worse in more situations IMO.

wavefunction3y ago

> invoking power-of-attorney

You may be thinking of Legal Guardianship. Power of attorney just means someone is authorized to make the same legal decisions as the subject of the power of attorney and can be overridden by the subject.

Brittany Spears was subject to and abused by Guardianship.

lghh3y ago

It was a lot harder to make those public remarks when Brittney was at her lowest publicly than it is for Kanye right now.

I'm not saying Brittney would have, just saying that it's easier to have a very public manic episode where your every thought is aired than it was 15 years ago.

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