Can Celebrity Culture Be So Harmful To Our Society?

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How can celebrity culture be so harmful to our society? Celebrity culture is beneficial because of many reasons. The celebrity culture can inspire fans or followers of the celebrity into many good things, and can also help take stands for things that need to be talked about. Celebrity culture is beneficial.
Celebrities can help inspire fans by just doing good for the community and helping others. For example, LeBron James, a famous basketball player with millions of fans, inspires kids by caring for others with NBA Cares which is a community of NBA players who help out children with different things. This very beneficial because fans look out for the good that celebrities do. Usually, celebrities are also role models of fans which means that

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