ANTHONY BUTLER: Waning personality cults leave leaders in disarray
23 August 2024 - 05:00
The waning of personality cults could well be the political news story of the year.
Across human history, chiefs, emperors and kings have demanded obeisance. Modern democracy partially dissipated such authority by containing leaders within constitutional rules. The power of individuals was for the first time balanced by elected legislatures and powerful judges. ..
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