Personality cults
Name(s):
Personality cults in politics
Media personality cults
Media overexposure of celebrities
Nature
A cult of personality, or a cult of the leader, is the result of an effort which is made to create an idealized and heroic image of a glorious leader, often through unquestioning flattery and praise. Historically, it has developed through techniques of mass media, propaganda, spectacle, the arts, patriotism, and government-organized demonstrations and rallies. A cult of personality is similar to apotheosis, except that it is established by modern social engineering techniques, usually by the state or the party in one-party states and dominant-party states. Cults of personality often accompany the leaders of totalitarian or authoritarian governments. They can also be seen in some monarchies, theocracies, failed democracies and even in liberal democracies.
Source: Wikipedia
Broader
Aggravates
Megalomania [in 9 loops]
Insufficient role models [in 4 loops]
Emotionally-determined policy-making [in 2 loops]
Reluctance of leaders to relinquish power [in 1 loop]
Aggravated by
Strategy(ies)
Value(s)
Type
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems