Yes, and it's even worse when partisanship to a group becomes idol worship of the leader.
"“It is a bad sign when the people of a country stop identifying themselves with the country and start identifying with a group. A racial group. Or a religion. Or a language. Anything, as long as it isn't the whole population.”"
And when so many see that leader as a religion-orientated "Chosen One" that puts the nation into even more real peril.