Looking at America spiraling down into racisme, hate, etc... as a non-american is like reading a Lovecraftian tale: starring into the abyss of contempt, chaos, and bigotry… it also makes me sad.
And it's happening in a lot of other countries - here in the UK the political culture is more right-wing than any time since at least the Second World War (and that's saying something).
It's Late Stage Capitalism: in order to continue business as usual in the face of all reason and evidence of its devastating effects, capitalists look to authoritarianism and fascism to ensure capitalism's continuation.