Yuval Noah Harari 3: Why fascism is so tempting — and how your data could power it

Yuval Noah Harari at TED2018
Why fascism is so tempting — and how your data could power it  (transcript)
Summary
I've heard the word "Fascism" for the first time in this story and l didn't realize that the speaker was the virtual image hologram on the stage.
I couldn't explain about nationalism well also. Can l understand the article?

Furthermore, l have a question. Is it true that Japan has a very strong sense of nationalism and it's the prosperous and peaceful country like Sweden and Switzerland in the world?

Fascism is a political system that is based on a very powerful leader, state control and extremely proud of the country, race, and a nation's wish. It attempts to be politically independent.

Nationalism is a patriotism, devotion to one's country, and ambition for national progress. In the country, people can all care about one another, cooperate effectively. They aren't living in tribal chaos because there is nationalism.

And then the speaker explains differences between fascism and nationalism. Nationalism shows that your country is unique and countries have special obligations towards your nation.

Fascism, in contrast, a country is supreme and it has exclusive obligations towards your nation. In fascism, people try to ignore the complications and to make life too easy for themselves. Fascism shows only the national identity, seeks the interests of only the nation, and the truth doesn't matter at all.
In the past, it's good because land was the most important asset in the world, even in a dictatorship.
However, in the modern age, machines become more important than land and data and democracy appear here.
Politics becomes the struggle to control the flows of data, but not to control land. Democracy was better at processing data making decisions, though, democracy is destroyed and polarized by fear, hatred, and vanity. This must be current America.

In fact, the story was told by the speaker at Davos Forum in Geneva, Switzerland this year.
Digital dictatorship will come soon and a new species called a governor of data will appear.

Simply put, just because of ease or comfort, you and your data are manipulated unconsciously by exploiting emotion, desire, and vanity.
And then my opinion is that Japan will be left behind.

Words in this story
species /noun/ race, tribe, species, family
patriotism / nationalism