re: #55 goddamnedfrank

They won’t turn on him en masse until they have a new leader whose worship requires it, because the root of conservatism is a revanchist yearning for despotism and everyone knowing their place in society’s pecking order.

“The king is dead, long live the king.”

I note again what I said about the Soviet Union. Also, thhe situation of hero worship in North Korea, although that one is less certain; since most of the reports are from escapees, who might tend to wishful thinking.