Blame a global trend toward neoliberal economics, which uses financial incentives to form right wing leaning governments. Once something starts trending towards authoritarianism, it's just a matter of time before the irrationality cascade turns it into a militant government and ultimately into fascism.
So many people are afraid of communal wealth, of socialist ideas, that they would rather plunge the world into a fiery out of suffering to avoid losing wealth in their own life.