Leaders must simultaneously appear superhuman and ordinary to their followers

Evidence

While appearing as a superman, the leader must at the same time work the miracle of appearing as an average person, just as Hitler posed as a composite of King Kong and the suburban barber. This too, Freud explains through his theory of narcissism. — Theodor W. Adorno, The Culture Industry, 191

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

• CANDY: ‘Composite of King Kong and the suburban barber’ is a tweetable, elevator-conversation line about Hitler’s public persona.