What is Cult of personality?
[[File:Poster_of_Azerbaijan_1938._Constitutions.jpg|thumb|Soviet poster featuring [[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]], [[Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic|Soviet Azerbaijan]], 1938]] Sometimes, governments create idealized images of people. Very often, these people are current or former leaders of the country. What will then result is a '''cult of personality''', or '''cult of the leader'''. Techniques such as [[mass media]], [[propaganda]], [[fake news]], spectacle, [[Arts|the arts]] and [[patriotism]] are used to create this image. The leader is shown as a hero, with few or no negative traits. Social engineering is also used very often, especially in [[One-party state|one-party states]] and [[One-party dominant state|dominant-party states]]. A cult of personality often accompanies the leader of a [[Totalitarianism|totalitarian]] or [[Authoritarianism|authoritarian]] countries. It can also be seen in some [[Monarchy|monarchies]], [[Theocracy|theocracies]], and [[Failed state|failed democracies]]. [[File:Statue-Augustus.jpg|thumb|Augustus of Prima Porta, 1st century CE]] [[File:Monumento en strato Nguyen Hue (Ho-Ĉi-Min-urbo) 06.jpg|thumb|[[Ho Chi Minh]] statue in front of the City Hall of [[Ho Chi Minh City]] (formerly known as Saigon) in [[Vietnam]]]] [[File:Zhenxing,_Dandong,_Liaoning,_China_-_panoramio_(1).jpg|thumb|Statue of [[Mao Zedong]] in China]] {{Propaganda}} [[Category:Politics]]