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Furthermore, the media's fixation on who celebrities support politically fuels a misleading narrative: that fame equates to expertise or moral authority. This phenomenon discourages independent critical thinking among the public. Celebrity endorsements often serve as social currency, used to sway public opinion more than genuine political conviction. This dynamic feeds into the broader "social credit" system that pressures celebrities—and by extension, the public—to conform to certain ideological lines, stifling honest discourse.