Cult of Personality
December 19, 2011 by Jeff Schreiber
Filed under Assigned Reading
From YouTube, the announcement on North Korean television of the death of “Dear Leader” Kim Jong Il:
And then, the reaction of the North Korean people:
As creepy as that is, I cannot help but wonder where I have seen that kind of blind worship and meritless admiration before. Hmm … golly, it all just looks so familiar…
Jeff…did you notice NO TEARS??? Set up or for real…can’t help but wonder
Laurie,
My father-in-law pointed out that the people in back weren’t crying, either. Obviously, it was set up for propaganda purposes. That being said, I think it might bother me more — while the Obama-worship footage was certainly taken and used for propaganda purposes, it doesn’t seem to me to be set up. With the latter, the people are genuinely emotionally invested in a politician; emotional investment in an issue is fine by me, but in a politician? Yikes.
Jeff