I’ve been reading a lot lately about the world war 1 to World War 2 period and all the civil wars and revolutions. One question I’m trying to figure out is “why communism?”<p>I think the answer is simply that those nations wanted a revolution, and communism was who provided it at the time. In the interwar years, it was also fascism. In napoleons time, it was democracy. Most of them also involved nationalism and self governance.<p>Today, the closest thing I see is right wing protectionism, anti-foreigner policies, and authoritarianism (not much militarism though). The KKK is back for example. I don’t think that people especially want that future, but they are the main game in town for people who want the current order to be shaken up<p>There is potential for some nastiness in the next couple of decades if the trend continues<p>Edited for clarity