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There has been a concerted effort by fascists since at least 1965 to reduce education, buy up the entire media apparatus so it can be used for propaganda, break down government regulations so that they can aquire more power and wealth, create foundations and think-tanks that pump out quasi-scientific crap supporting fascism, dilute and distort scientific progress if it does not agree with them.
Studying history makes the efforts and trends clear. This isn't people supporting fascism in a vacuum, it's the result of society-wide manipulation of the entire world population, or at least, any part of it that votes. In that environment, I think it's pretty remarkable that they've only managed to fuck up 35-40% of people at most. They've had to cheat political systems to make that minority act like a democratic majority.