1. The cult of personality continued for a short time after Mao's death.

2. The North Korean government claims there is no cult of personality, but rather genuine hero worship.

3. He soon formed his own Cult of personality, called Science of Happiness, and changed its name to Happy Science

4. After Stalin's death and a short period of collective rule, the new leader Nikita Khrushchev denounced the cult of personality of Stalin and launched the policy of de-Stalinization.

5. Kim also developed a cult of personality by demanding absolute loyalty to him as the embodiment of the state, and systematically eradicated independent media, free trade unions, and any other sort of independent organizations in North Korea.

6. Another note: is "fishwich" a Canadianism? Coupland (as always) is dead-on ab Re-reading this years later was worthwhile for me after having worked for a giant cult-of-personality-driven tech company and lived in Silicon Valley.