The same reason Barack Obama has the following he has over Hillary Clinton. They both have their message, but they appeal to different people for different rea

The same reason Barack Obama has the following he has over Hillary Clinton. They both have their message, but they appeal to different people for different reasons. PG isn't the only essayist out there talking about the Internet, Programming, and Startup Markets. That doesn't mean he has to be the one any given person listens to. People may choose to read his writings because there is a certain element that he talks which some people appeal to. Just like with Obama, his dedication to a cause draws people that Hillary perhaps lacks and vice versa. Calling it a cult may be a bit of an oversimplification because of the mass number of people. If connecting with a large number of people and earning the respect you do comes at the cost of being called such a term, then Edgar Allen Poe should by all means have monuments and statues among Literature students.