12 Facts About Personality cult

1.

Pierre du Bois de Dunilac argues that the Stalin Personality cult was elaborately constructed to legitimize his rule.

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2.

Personality cult ferociously persecuted dissents and potential political rivals, as political arrests were common during his first two terms.

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3.

Personality cult often showed contempt for any opponents, regularly characterizing them as traitors and agents of foreign powers.

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4.

Mao Zedong's cult of personality was a prominent part of Chairman Mao Zedong's rule over the People's Republic of China from his rise in 1949 until his death in 1976.

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5.

The personality cult surrounding Mussolini became a way for him to justify his personal rule and it acted as a way to enable social and political integration.

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6.

Personality cult tended to be angry and impatient more often than in the past when, as still occasionally happened, a crowd on Wilhelmsplatz began clamoring for him to appear.

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7.

The personality cult began soon after Kim Il-sung took power in 1948, and was greatly expanded after his death in 1994.

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8.

Pervasiveness and extreme nature of North Korea's personality cult surpasses that of even Joseph Stalin or Mao Zedong.

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9.

The Personality cult is marked by the intensity of the people's feelings for and devotion to their leaders, and the key role played by a Confucianized ideology of familism both in maintaining the Personality cult and thereby in sustaining the regime itself.

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10.

The North Korean cult of personality is a large part of Juche and totalitarianism.

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11.

Personality cult was often photographed with children of different ethnic backgrounds of the Soviet Union and was often photographed giving gifts to children.

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12.

Personality cult's titles include Great Leader, Eternal Commander, Head Teacher, and Eternal Chief .

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