But we're not in the correct-information-only age. There's a lot of noise to filter out, and most people aren't trained well enough to do that (i.e. critical thinking). I think that we may need to address that issue before things improve significantly at the political level.

Fascism is an expression of innate qualities of human psychology. It's barely even meaningful to consider it a political philosophy, it's no more than exploitation of induced fear and hatred for political ends. It will never go away.

I don't think it's helpful to think of our family, neighbours, and friends who find comfort in fascism as stupid. They are scared, not stupid. They're doing stupid things, but intelligence is no defense against emotional manipulation.