people's behaviors make a lot more sense when you remind yourself we're not really that far removed from mindless hierarchical religious freaks
the reason people are so invested in electoral politics is because they would always try to make a lot of noises about changes in leadership in their church that causes the priest/pastor to do different virtue signals which as we all know means that they're functionally different so it's very important for the moral direction of our society
oh you're so invested in that artist cause you put them in the "prophet" role in your mind and you want them to be successful