Fame worship

There are people making it sound as if celebrities would be essentially different from the rest of humanity.  As if such would constitute a group with special characteristics.  I don’t think any such groups exist.  The sciences have disproven the idea of groups in society being biologically separate.  Surely it is fully possible to inherit fame.  But otherwise it is acquired though chance and contacts.

Alternatively they believe reality to bend to fame.  Normal causes of death like accidents are believed not to stuck celebrities.  It does not occur to some that celebrities are humans too.  For sure, fame increases the risk of someone wanting to kill you.  However, this does not prevent other causes like accidents and diseases.  Or the person falling victim to the mistakes of other humans.

Moreover one has to ask oneself who counts as a celebrity.  How many have to know about someone for the person to count?  Someone could be well-known to some and unknown to others.  This is partially a question of generation.  But it may also be about personal interest.  Someone could be a celebrity to those interested in a certain subject.  To people lacking this interest the person can be entirely unknown.  Such differences some don’t spend a thought at.

As such there is no sharp boundary between celebrities and others.  Consequentially what affects celebrities can’t differ radically from what affects people in general.  In other words they can be stuck by the same as everybody else.  One or several celebrities’ involvement does not in itself make an event shady.  Some just take it for granted that such things would matter.

At the end this is a matter of misdirected sense of proportions.  If a celebrity suddenly dies it may attract much of attention.  One would then be able to say it is a big event.  Which make some believe there is a big cause behind it.  This means an idea of the person having fallen victim to an imagined conspiracy.  Something very rarely being the case.

 

Uploaded on the 29th of May 2026.