I see Communism and Fascism as two flavors of junk food [View all]

They're basically both cases of the simple-minded folks (whether educated or uneducated simple-minded folks) effectively crashing out and binging on junk. The wiser people (former simple-minded people who have learned life the hard way, usually) divide themselves into politics mongers or spectators. The mongers sell "rage stew" to the crashed out, simple-minded suckers, flavoring it with intellectually third-rate ideas like Communism or Fascism. The spectators look on with empathic horror or cruel amusement. (Or combine the two to create great satire.)

On edit: There's another category of the wise people. They're the ones who try to get everyone to put down the political fritos, chocolate donuts, and hooch. They piss everyone off. They're credited for being right post-cancellation or posthumously.