I do remember the panic over Satanism that never existed and was never happening. And I’ve seen an increase in mass shootings that seems roughly in line with the increase in toxic male role models. I’ve not seen any particular increase in racism, in fact I’d say that’s dropping as more people recognize that race isn’t actually a thing. And the whites are roughly as extreme as ever, especially the ones that believe too literally in concepts like good and evil.

Bannon is an idiot. Trump is a greater idiot. People who were easily manipulated in exactly the same way using precisely the same playbook as in the 1920s and 30s (and, indeed, as in every prior century) voted for idiots at the behest of idiots because they’re idiots. No power (or Power) involved, and no voices either, just confirmation bias and assholes willing to leverage it to get into office.