The result in Brazil reminds me of the sad fact that somehow the world is falling under the shadow of fascism again, on our watch. If youโre over forty like I am: who else are you going to blame? And those who did try to warn the rest felt the Kassandra effect. Every year the situation gets worse. And like the climate catastrophe, this Titanic will not change its course until it crashes into the iceberg, or so it seems. AfD got seats in Hessen, Germany. The shadow of fascism is everywhere.