In 2015 the city of Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan, was graced with a new public monument: a giant gold-plated sculpture portraying the country s president on horseback. This may strike you as a bit excessive. But cults of personality are actually the norm in the stans, the Central Asian countries that emerged after the fall of the Soviet Union, all of which are ruled by strongmen who surround themselves with tiny cliques of wealthy crony capitalists.
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This is where the Krugman criticises the rest of us for, wait for it!, supporting a *cult of personality* in supporting Trump. Paul, never go away. Never stop. I love you, Paul. I really believe that, deep in your heart, you really are as innocent as you seem. Loathsome, of course, but also innocent. Sort of the centipede of the left.