• CitizenKong@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      Totally agree, but unfortunately we do have them and it’s nice when some are not raging assholes.

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      Celebrities are already role models by default; that’s just how fame works. Do you want them to be good ones or bad ones?

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        Yeah this is a shit take (who you’re replying to, not yours) , role models exist, celebrities exist, it’s good to have role models who are also celebrities who are also not shit people.

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      If we need them is up for debate, but by being will known your conduct ribs off on people, therefore you are a role model, like it or not.

      Now we’re in the post-truth and post-decency era where crass monied men seem to do whatever the fuck they like, it’s healthy seeing people adhering do common decency.

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      Society is pretty parasocial these days, not really a lot of local individuals with the popularity to be role models. I don’t disagree with you fundamentally, but there’s a pretty substantial social shift necessary to agree practically.