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meadowlander

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4. No, but it is a cult of personality.

Reply to Osakagreg (Original post)

Sun Mar 5, 2017, 01:54 PM

Mar 2017

By way of comparison, Mao Zedong had 50 million followers, held power for 31 years, was taught as an ideal man in Chinese classrooms for decades, had giant banners hanging from buildings everywhere and is still the only Chinese political figure that appears on the currency - every denomination.

If Trump had his way, that's where we would end up. But I don't think you can call his cult "the most successful in history".

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Has Trump created the most successful political cult in history? [View all] Osakagreg Mar 2017 OP

No. It already existed and it's actually quite small leftstreet Mar 2017 #1

+1 ismnotwasm Mar 2017 #2

Agree, disagree Cosmocat Mar 2017 #11

Nope. dalton99a Mar 2017 #3

No, but it is a cult of personality. meadowlander Mar 2017 #4

Mao, Stalin, and Hitler Big Blue Marble Mar 2017 #5

Hell, Louis XIV comes to mind. malthaussen Mar 2017 #6

I agree Nancy Waterman Mar 2017 #7

It's not successful. If it was we would not recognize it as cult like. McCamy Taylor Mar 2017 #8

Far from it... Chitown Kev Mar 2017 #9

If you watched the Leah Remini show about Scientology you will notice similarities to chump kimbutgar Mar 2017 #10