In this fast-paced, interconnected world, it's frighteningly easy to undo all of humanity's progress, or potentially, cut short all your possible futures.
There was no one to tell Scarlett that her own personality, frighteningly vital though it was, was more attractive than any masquerade she might adopt.
Even fascists seek community, albeit a frighteningly homogenous community where everyone looks the same and wears the same uniform and chants the same slogans.