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I agree with your MAIN point (pump & dump has always seemed "risky" to me in any number of regards), but...
-- I don't think this is entirely true... It depends on what your career/livelihood is based on.
-- You'll note that just about everyone being "taken down" has a career that -- in one way or another -- is largely if not entirely based upon "public image" or more correctly "public perception," beyond which they're really a "dime a dozen commodity."* (There is no shortage of "actors" or "comedians" etc).
-- Point is there tends to be little to no actual "productive skill/merit value" present in their work or career -- it's almost entirely "reputation/status" based, which is a matter largely of mass "preference" -- so when some "preference change cascade" happens (one major aspect being "sex" or other scandal) they are easily discarded/replaced.
-- Now I'm not saying that some accusation of "sexual harassment" can't damage some guy who is a local plumber or electrician (or expert "steamfitting" welder) -- it's just that (unless they do something REALLY FREAKY {Jeffrey Dahlmer like}) they're unlikely to become the subject of a "media frenzy" -- much less a target for a "media orgy" of accusations from women like what is currently taking place. (And even if for some reason a plumber, electrician, welder, auto mechanic DOES become slightly "notorious" in some locale due to some "sexual harassment" allegation -- well, bar criminal prosecution -- even the loss of his present job is unlikely to actually destroy his career/livelihood... he just needs to move on to a different location, a different employer: so long as he's not on a "sex offender registry" {and even these days that matters less and less} no one will care.)
* Perfect example of this is Kevin Spacey -- apparently there is a Ridley Scott movie that's in the pipeline (film already "in the can" and getting final editing touches) in which Spacey played a "key" supporting role -- well, with his downfall, he's being "removed" from the film, and the subset of "important scenes" are being re-filmed with a different actor (IIRC, Christopher Plummer)... ergo Spacey (and all actors) are "replaceable." (That's even more obvious when you look at various films and see which other actors were "under consideration" for the role -- again there is no shortage of actors/actresses... dime a dozen.)
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