it would be an interesting social experiment to drop a normal person into this world and watch to see how long it takes before they start changing and taking advantage of what appears to be an underlying culture of "celebrityism"
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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
John Doyle at the Globe & Mail has a good take on this:
Celebrity attracts narcissistic people. And narcissistic people, once they're accorded high status and have their every appetite indulged, can become pretty monstrous. Normal sexual acts and status become mundane. New horizons are sought.
Really, power corrupts. It's one of the most common themes in art.
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