Listened to a summary of The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt. It's from 1951, but relevant today. ("how quickly a democratic society can turn against its people")
I took from this digest
how atomisation, isolation and disenfranchisement are fertile grounds for totalitarianism. Without community and society you lose your sense of self and become easy prey for messages of totalitarianism. Someone will come along and claim to represent you, and give an outlet for disenfranchisement.