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The Trump regime is proud of that. They are happy to do all the signalling that they are full blown fascists short of admitting directly to it. That way there's enough "reasonable doubt" that they can sell their snake oil to idiots.
You are infantilizing the fascist underbelly that supports trump.
The "reasonable doubt" isn't to confuse "idiots". These "idiots" see through it just like you. The "reasonable doubt" is to give the "idiots" cover against their neighbors, friends, and family.
They know very well what they are voting for, but they are cowards. All fascists are cowards. They will not fight unless they have overwhelming advantage.
Their ideologies stem from deep fear, better described as a life enveloping terror, of everything. For the fascist to feel safe, all things must be dominated or destroyed.
How many children would still see their trump voting parents if the parents said openly "I voted for trump because he is going to kill the people I don't like"? How many who still see that family member now, wouldn't under those conditions?
How about last term? How many would have left that person in 2016?
How many neighbors would live next to a person who openly calls for genocide in the neighborhood?
The "reasonable doubt" is cover for these hateful, destructive people. It does not confuse them. They know what they are doing.
Oh for certain. There's two cohorts of people here:
The first is a large subset of the population (around 30% at a guess) who, much like Stephen Miller, are afraid of their own shadows and wish to exterminate anything that casts one. For them, the reasonable doubt is purely a facade. They know they are Nazis, they just won't admit it publicly (but even that social veil has started to crumble)
The second cohort is the portion of the population who is largely unaffected by or uninterrested in politics. Here, reasonable doubt is among the tactics employed by the Nazis to make them look away, allowing them to maintain control. For the most part, these are the "both siders" who prefer a false peace through inaction, or the "apoliticals" who don't understand what machine Pink Floyd and RAtM sing about.
If you ask me, both groups are idiots. They're powerful idiots but nevertheless they're the lowest percentile that humanity has to offer.
They are trying really, really hard to pretend they are happy to do that, but the fact that none of their smiles actually look happy could be considered evidence for a lack of happiness.