I was reading a social media piece and some came up to suggest that events over the past decade....led them to believe or see Putin....as a cult....than an actual person. It was a curious thing to suggest and I've sat for the past week contemplating this idea.
For a cult-like person to exist....you need some basic things to exist: (1) control of the news media, (2) a controlled economy, and (3) a popular belief by the public that this 'person' is like a Jesus-figure (perfect in every detail).
I don't think the original 'design' (bringing Putin onto the job) reflected this type of strategy. As each year went by.....Putin himself probably signed up for more orchestrated pictures....more PR effort, and more confidence measures.
If you asked the general public over this theme? I would go and suggest that almost fifty-percent of the public have quit national TV, and gone to mostly internet news (non-Kremlin controlled of course). Some might even suggest they haven't heard Putin's name mentioned in a year or two, but it's solely because of their news sources.
But I also think that a number of Kremlin insiders (even the FSB themselves) are now worried over the cult that they've created....realizing that it's beyond their control.
Is there any way to derail the cult? No. It's reached the stage where the cult has absolute control.
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