Cult Of Personality

A cult of personality, or a cult of the leader,[1] is the result of an effort to create an idealized and heroic image of an admirable leader, often through unquestioning flattery and praise.[2] Historically, it has been developed through techniques such as the manipulation of the mass media, the dissemination of propaganda, the staging of spectacles, the manipulation of the arts, the instilling of patriotism, and government-organized demonstrations and rallies. A cult of personality is similar to apotheosis (deification), except that it is established through the use of modern social engineering techniques, and it is usually established 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 found in some monarchies, theocracies, failed democracies, and liberal democracies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_of_personality

• For the list of cults of personality, see List of cults of personality. For the song, see Cult of Personality (song). For the Soviet report, see On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences.
  • was a report by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, made to the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union on 25 February 1956.[1] Though popularly known as the Secret Speech (Russian: секретный доклад Хрущёва, romanized: sekretnyi doklad Khrushchyova), "secret" is something of a misnomer, as copies of the speech were read out at thousands of meetings of Communist Party (CPSU) and Komsomol organizations across the USSR.[2] Khrushchev's speech sharply criticized the rule of the former General Secretary and Premier Joseph Stalin (died March 1953), particularly with respect to the purges which had especially marked the later years of the 1930s. Khrushchev charged Stalin with having fostered a leadership cult of personality despite ostensibly maintaining support for the ideals of communism... Reports state that some listeners suffered heart attacks and that the speech even inspired suicides, due to the shock of all of Khrushchev's criticisms and condemnations of the government and of the previously revered figure of Stalin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Cult_of_Personality_and_Its_Consequences
  • cf comedy movie (based on French graphic novel) Death of Stalin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_Stalin