Why do people pretend the Cult of Politicians is a new thing?

[Saint Milei]

Everyone complains about the Trump cult like it's a new thing in politics. Reagan had a cult. Obama. FDR. LBJ. Lincoln is worshipped like crazy.

[Saint Milei]

How many Obama and Reagan supporters threatened to overturn the election if they lost?

I'm not sure what you're getting at with LBJ, he had very low approval ratings into his second term, and his rehabilitation is a very recent phenomenon.

And how people view Lincoln is closer to deification than a 'cult of personality'.

But I'll give you FDR, America probably would've made him President for life.

First sentence is a trump cult post

[Saint Milei]

So it's the subjective "well the others have cults, but trump is more extreme" argument. Darn. Not again!

[Saint Milei]

A cult is defined by veneration and devotion dedicated to one individual (or idol) above all else. It typically involves the treatment of that idol as infallible. I fail to understand how Obama appearing on Jimmy Kimmel is even tangentially related to the issue of cult behavior in American politics.

For what it's worth, I'm sure there are Democrats somewhere out there who genuinely do see Obama as an infallible deity. But they are not nearly as organized or numerous as the QAnon movement, and so they do not qualify as a cult. Basic English definitions continue to elude you!

Obama had a cult with black America.

Again the "well the other cult is bigger" which isn't really proven can't be the best argument