It's definitely not an American thing. People idolize other people and groups of people all over the world. The "pedo guy" story is just noise. Elon's fans are

It's definitely not an American thing. People idolize other people and groups of people all over the world. The "pedo guy" story is just noise. Elon's fans are much more interested in the positive things he has done and consider Elon to be a significant net positive character.