What's with the global obsession with Hamilton?

I know from the start of this I will come off as a fool for even asking this question, but: What's so great about Hamilton? For the better part of a decade seemingly everyone in the world has been swooning over Hamilton, and I simply don't get it. What did Hamilton do that so vastly benefited the entire world, changed it beyond recognition making the modern world possible? I repeat I am very much aware of the fact I look like a fool for not knowing something that made my own possible.

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[Halira]

I'm not really sure. To date I haven't seen it. I remember thirty years ago or so e everyone being obsessed with CATS! The musical. The very top Broadway shows get people talking about them for years on end.