This is an example of an answer: As people grow desperate for any ameiloration (mostly from poverty) , or any improvement from their suffering, people tend to turn to extremes. This is likely due to people believing that their government has failed them, and thus, more "radical" changes would be needed if things could ever get better. Take how fascism rised in Germany for example: a desperate population looked to more radical and extreme political views as an answer on how to better their economy and country.
