• James R Kirk
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      12 days ago

      The nepotism part has always been true, and talentless celebrities have been around as long as the concept of “celebrity” has, but the category of celebrities “being famous for no reason” did not truly exist until Paris Hilton. Princesses and Kings aren’t “celebrities”.

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        1212 days ago

        before radio, every born noble was famous despite having no talent, with the rare exception of the talented ones

        • @Saleh@feddit.org
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          212 days ago

          Well, they had political power. So it was pretty darn important to know them around where you lived.