In recent decades, the pope-first John Paul II, then Benedict, and now Francis-has become a ubiquitous global figure, made so through jet travel, mass media, and a cult of personality.
But they think, look, democracy has had its day, it hasn't succeeded, They increasingly become so desperate that the cult of the individuals starts to take hold.
The second thing is either building a new party or, you know, bringing the Republican Party back from the abyss of this cult of personality that has engulfed it.
Mussolini's actions grew increasingly brazen, and he began to build his so-called " cult of personality." In 1925, he essentially admitted that he was behind the assassination of the socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti.
Always, there was a bit of a cult of a personality around Pericles, but I'm not sure that Pericles was ever thought of as the saviour of Athens in quite the way that Alcibiades does.