"The term influencer is just “unemployed but make it fashion” or unemployed but with a ring light and a delusional sense of entrepreneurship. They’ve weaponized self-promotion into a lifestyle, and now somehow it counts as a career. It’s like if someone said, “I don’t have a job, but I am the job.” To be fair, though, the good ones do turn manipulation into a science. It’s modern alchemy: converting other people’s insecurities into brand deals and discount codes".