Seems like why any other type of religious/spiritual type would get drawn to fascism. Capitalism sucks the meaning out of most things in life, so you go searching for meaning in other ways. One of those ways is religion and spirituality, and another of those ways is a politics that's obsessed not with the mundane (taxes, education, jobs, etc.) but with the grandiose (larger-than-life leaders, a return to a mythical golden age, etc.).
Seems like why any other type of religious/spiritual type would get drawn to fascism. Capitalism sucks the meaning out of most things in life, so you go searching for meaning in other ways. One of those ways is religion and spirituality, and another of those ways is a politics that's obsessed not with the mundane (taxes, education, jobs, etc.) but with the grandiose (larger-than-life leaders, a return to a mythical golden age, etc.).