originally posted by: PurpleFox
originally posted by: Threadbare
In brief they want Pharaoh and the rest of us will build monuments.
At least you admit it's a cult.
Explain to me like I’m 5 years old how wanting to better your country for everyone living in it is a “cult”?
Simply wanting to make your country "better" is not, by itself, a cult. Most people, when they vote, try to make the country better, by their own
definitions. Of course, not everyone agrees on exactly what direction constitutes "better". The MAGA crowd (largely older, white, high-school
educated, Christian, men) believe that moving the country more in the direction of how it was in the 1950s is "better" (which it was, for white,
high-school educated, Christian, men). The progressive crowd (younger, racially diverse, college educated, non-denominational) believe that moving the
country more in the direction of diversity, equity, inclusion, and secularity is a "better" direction (which it would be for them). This simply
reflects the fact that most people make the egocentric assumption that what is better for them individually is better for the country.
Indications of a cult of personality include:
1. A charismatic leader who is applauded when he insists that he is "the only one who can save the nation", which Trump does regularly--most recently
a few weeks ago after he was indicted.
2. A charismatic leader who is applauded when he suggests he is personally suffering to protect his followers, which Trump routinely does when he says
that they (whoever "they" are) are coming after "you", and he's just standing in the way.
3. A charismatic leader who is applauded when he suggests that he is above the normal rules of society and brags that he could shoot someone on Fifth
avenue and get away with it.
4. A charismatic leader whose followers make golden statues of him.
None of those indicators apply to Joe Biden--who is basically just a milk toast, average old white politician--which I think is one reason that Trump
supporters can't believe Biden actually got 81 million votes. Trump supporters can't understand voting for someone who is NOT a larger than life
transformative figure.
IMHO