Cult of personality

“	I sell the things you need to be I'm the smiling face on your T.V. I'm the cult of personality I exploit you still you love me I tell you one and one makes three I'm the cult of personality	„
	~ Living Colour, "Cult of Personality"

A cult of personality, personality cult, or cult of the leader, arises when a country's regime – or, more rarely, an individual – uses the techniques of mass media, propaganda, the big lie, spectacle, the arts, patriotism, and government-organized demonstrations and rallies to create an idealized, heroic, and worshipful image of a leader, often through unquestioning flattery and praise.

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. It is often seen in authoritarian countries and dictatorships.

Cult of personality

Leaders who had (or currently have) a cult of personality edit