Avira, a personality cult??? Like Rebbe Akiva deciding to be a nosai kailim for Bar Kochba???
Better their dedication than your cynicism!!!
On that note, don’t be like servant who serves his master for a reward. (Your cynicism would dissipate by following this.)
Hevai misabek baafar raglaihem.
Hevai shose batzama es divraihem.
…what you would call “a personality cult”!!!
But for someone who isn’t accustomed to showing Kavod to Talmidai Chachamim before their very eyes, your handicap is no surprise.