“What has actually occurred, בעוונותינו הרבים, is that our leaders have achieved a new status that is one of the ideals of the current era. CELEBRITY. Every Rosh Yeshiva, Rov, Rebbe, has that potential.”
True, and at least partly because it’s considered a g’nei to earn a parnasah. So they become celebrity (or quasi-celebrity) rabbis and make money that way. IOW, if I go into business or a profession, then feh, past nisht. But if I try to become the next Paysach Krohn and earn a parnasah that way (with the storytelling, not the brissin), that puts me on a higher level, somehow.