[United States / White House / Propaganda] - The Leader Self Fabricates a Cult of Personality to Erase the Boundary Between Public and Private

Event Baseline: The White House produced taxpayer-funded advertisements that critics say glorify President Donald Trump. Legal experts say the ads violate federal laws on government propaganda.

The state self has merged with the individual self. The leader uses public money to create a narrative that the leader is the nation. This is the ultimate collapse of the self/other distinction. The citizens are programmed to worship an image, not to observe reality.

The legal system that should prevent this is itself a product of the same fragmented thinking. It cannot act because it is part of the machine that produced the leader. The propaganda is not an aberration; it is the logical endpoint of a system where identity and power are inseparable.

When the public cannot distinguish information from indoctrination, the shared mind is shattered. The illusion of a common good is replaced by the illusion of a beloved ruler. This is a cognitive failure that precedes totalitarianism. Only the death of the self that craves heroes can restore sight.