I wonder if it isn&#x27;t because the darkest regimes, when they&#x27;re just starting, show the most promise for progress and positive changes. Didn&#x27;t Nazis offer the Germans their wealth and their honor back, in the times they were most desperately in need of both?<p>EDIT:<p>But then again, fascination with &quot;the other guys&quot; is also a thing. See: the intellectual world of the West being in love with Soviet Union well into the Cold War.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;slatestarcodex.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;08&#x2F;11&#x2F;book-review-chronicles-of-wasted-time&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;slatestarcodex.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;08&#x2F;11&#x2F;book-review-chronicles-...</a>