lunamarya t1_je1q7e0 wrote on March 28, 2023 at 7:50 PM

Reply to comment by khoabear in TIL that in Chinese Folk Religion, a mortal human being could ascend into godhood not through the decisions of a clergy/church, but by the sheer number of people who believe that their extraordinary achievements led to apotheosis, which forced Confucian/Taoists clerics to canonize a person as a God. by Khysamgathys

I’m not even referring to his cult of personality

He’s literally a modern-day Guan Yu — a Chinese folk hero whose wartime/peacetime exploits have been engrained to the Chinese psyche. Even if China wasn’t communist by this date I’d reckon that they’d still have him seated in their household shrines.

Up until today blue collar Chinese still jnvoke his “spirit” whenever they feel that they’re exploited lol

godisanelectricolive t1_je394c8 wrote on March 29, 2023 at 2:15 AM

True, and there are indeed Mao temples around China that attract worshippers.

p314159i t1_je4275j wrote on March 29, 2023 at 7:13 AM

So basically ... Trump