Cause now if NASA needs some extra funding they just need to convince Kim Kardashian (or whoever replaces her day after tomorrow on the top of the pyramid) of its importance. It's going to happen. Just watch.
The alarming thing is that after seeing the Kanye & Kardashian empire get more political, I can very much picture a future where we have Kanye is president in 2020 or 2024.
To put it in millennial marketing pseudo-jargon: how many likes = 1 vote?
Now that he has seen Trump get elected, I am sure he knows it is possible.
Transparency being a good thing and it being more honest and "meritocratic" (in a defined scope of merit as who can get the most eyeballs as opposed to useful to society or genuine talent). With good old boys network it is who you know not what you know. It is more dynamic as well than oligarchic networks.