People and their need for a "leader". No matter the quality. We had enough "truth tellers" and "follow me men" kinda shills.
Time to realize that not everyone is your friend in the internet. They feed you bullshit all the time and laugh how gullible people are and question nothing, just follow based on perceived merits of an individual.
https://blog.codinghorror.com/three-monitors-for-every-user/