It also benefits the cult members, by the only metric that matters to them: humiliating their perceived opponents. For example, the farmers may not like the sc

It also benefits the cult members, by the only metric that matters to them: humiliating their perceived opponents. For example, the farmers may not like the screwworms, but they voted for Trump three times already and are hoping to do so for a fourth. If people believed that they were being conned, the problem would be self-limiting. But the cult of personality continues to go gangbusters, and shows no sign of ending any time soon.