I like his music and appreciated his charitable efforts.
His leftward lean always annoyed me.
Kudos to him for publicly acknowledging this true “progression” and intellectual “evolution.”
Many liberals know what he has stated to be true (evidenced by their own personal capitalistic efforts to earn and maintain personal profits) but never acknowledge it publicly because it runs counter to the youthful, uninformed opinions they shouted when they were still under the influence of their proud indoctrination.
all the capitlalism as a bridge, all the philanthropy as a bridge, mean nothing unless there is a freedom and liberty equipped folks on the receiving end, of course, if they truly had freedom and liberty, they wouldnt be needing philanthropy on this grand of a scale year in and year out.