It is closely related to our love of fascism. We are, after all, monkeys. We're wired to live in small hierarchical bands, led by a charismatic, kick-ass leader. That's how we evolved and that's how we spent most of our history. Unfortunately, now we live
in great hives, run by bumbling bureaucracies--if we're lucky.
Too often our societies degenerate into chaos, and we have to fall back on our default programming.

We're an adaptable species, but we have left the savanna, not to mention the rain forest, way behind. From now on, we can no longer rely on the equipment we were issued with, but we still have to deal with the consequences of carrying it with us for so long.

Fortunately, you can have shitty politics and still write good prose, and understand the human condition in a profound and genuine way. I learned that from Evelyn Waugh. Try "Brideshead Revisited". Even the fascists have something to teach us.