Cult of personality, ignorance, and being force fed through repetition the same fantastical lines of imaginary truths until you believe it, along with the need to feel persecuted, are all forms of social manipulation and rather unhealthy delusion. The causes and symptoms of this are present in both FOX News watchers, and FCC and most of their allies.
Just the other day, an NH person filled up a thread with victimization posting about how small their faction was, and how they were under attack by every clan in the game in a mega alliance and it wasn't fair. When they are literally part of a group doing that to their enemies. He was misinformed with a world view that made him and his faction look like gorilla superheroes, under assault from all aspects of society. The war on Digglez is like the War on Christmas.