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3: Create a personality cult

How to become a dictator

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Introduction

Sophia Yang has returned to Beijing after months away. On bridges across the city, there were red propaganda banners touting Xi Jinping doctrine. He is making himself into Chairman Mao Zedong 2.0 for China watchers,. This is how to become a dictator with me, Sophia Yang. Build a cult of personality. Emposing, awe-inspiring, beneficent.

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