Every rich, famous, powerful, influential person gets "cult" followings. Taylor Swift, Donald Trump, Lebron James, Ruth Ginsburg, etc. It's the human condition.

Every rich, famous, powerful, influential person gets "cult" followings. Taylor Swift, Donald Trump, Lebron James, Ruth Ginsburg, etc. It's the human condition. Which also explains the cult-like anti-following of Elon Musk. Hopefully you weren't hoping for something profound. There are more rational reasons to like and dislike people, but you were asking about the cultish behavior.