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Insightful analysis from #GraceBlakeley for us who've signed up to #YourPartyUK & the #ProgressiveLeft more generally. I'm sure most (but maybe not all?) can agree that we need to leave #TheCultOfPersonality to others ( #Farage #Galloway ?).

Hitler’s deputy Rudolph Hess summed up: “The party is Hitler and Hitler is Germany just as Germany is Hitler.”

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Okay, that was interesting; I hadn't known about Weber and charisma. Isn't the sensible next step in #vibesandtribes to consider #thecultofpersonality?

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Politics became the mass celebration of an individual in Italy under Mussolini. “Mussolini is always right” was the regime’s motto. Mussolini was not merely sent by providence, but the very incarnation of providence. Blind obedience was expected of every Italian.
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A dictator must instill fear in his people, but if he can compel them to acclaim him he will probably survive longer. The paradox of the modern dictator is that he must create the illusion of popular support. The cult of personality remains at the heart of tyranny.
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Since a cult has to appear genuinely popular, welling up from the hearts of the people, it is invariably tinged with superstition, magic, and religious overtones. Hitler, for example, presented himself as a messiah united with the masses in a mystical, quasi-religious bond.
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The purpose of the cult of dictators is not to convince or persuade, but to sow confusion, to destroy common sense, to enforce obedience, to isolate individuals and crush their dignity.

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The cult of personality is the most efficient strategy for a dictator.The cult debases allies and rivals. By compelling them to acclaim him before the others, a dictator turns everyone into a liar. When everyone lies, it’s difficult to find accomplices and organize a coup.
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