The MAGA Cult

If you had any doubts about whether Trump is the leader of a personality cult, look no further than the AI-generated images from his followers. The propaganda posters use a combination of religious and political/nationalistic symbolism to exalt Trump as a (near) object of reverence and worship.





Notice the similarities to similar propaganda posters from the cult of Chairman Mao in China. The religious symbolism is different but the combination of religio-political symbolism is clear.



Similar types of religio-political symbolism is used to support the cult of Kim Jong Un in North Korea.




The cult of Hitler in Nazi Germany is in the same tradition.




Let me be clear. I'm not calling Trump a fascist or a nazi or a communist. The political views of these personality cult leaders are incidental to their overall strategies for gaining the unquestioning loyalty of their followers. The fact remains that these are all nationalistic and authoritarian leaders that prop themselves up as objects of hero worship, and Trump is following in that tradition, using the very same tactics to create unquestioning loyalty to Trump and the MAGA cult.

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